Deerfield Presbyterian Church · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Where Upper Deerfield Township earns its living
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. For jobs and income Upper Deerfield Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in seven stay in Upper Deerfield Township for work; outside it, Vineland is the main destination (15%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Upper Deerfield Township, in brief
Upper Deerfield Township trades workers with the towns around it
Upper Deerfield Township has about as many jobs (3,442) as working residents (3,563), but they are mostly different people: 3,129 residents leave for work each day while 3,008 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Upper Deerfield Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Upper Deerfield Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Upper Deerfield Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Upper Deerfield Township’s grade up (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Deerfield Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,129 residents head out to work, 434 work right here, and 3,008 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 26 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Deerfield Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,570 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The places Upper Deerfield Township commutes to
Where Upper Deerfield Township clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Upper Deerfield Township’s 3,442 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Deerfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,279 → 3,442. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Deerfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Upper Deerfield Township’s workers travel
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Upper Deerfield Township, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,790 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 53% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 30% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.2% of Upper Deerfield Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Upper Deerfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Upper Deerfield Township ranks: 1,621st of 2,966 U.S. towns of 5,700 to 10,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 13 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
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| 1,619 | Sudden Valley WA | 6,084 | $101K | 7.6% | 4.9% | 3% | B− |
| 1,620 | Baldwinsville NY | 7,582 | $77K | 10.6% | 5.0% | 9% | B− |
| 1,621 | Upper Deerfield Township NJ | 8,111 | $83K | 12.5% | 4.4% | 12% | B− |
| 1,622 | Catasauqua PA | 6,590 | $85K | 9.6% | 8.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,623 | Montgomery Township PA | 5,823 | $99K | 7.9% | 4.0% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,966 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Upper Deerfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns next door employ 18% of Upper Deerfield Township
The biggest share goes to Bridgeton (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Deerfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Deerfield Township | – | B− | B+ | 26 min | $82,946 |
| Hopewell Township | 2% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $100,202 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 25 min | $60,929 |
| Bridgeton | 12% | C− | A− | 29 min | $55,781 |
| Deerfield Township | 2% | C+ | C | 20 min | $85,094 |
| Pittsgrove Township | 2% | B+ | D | 28 min | $92,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Deerfield Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Upper Deerfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Deerfield Township?
$82,946 (±$10,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Deerfield Township?
12.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Deerfield Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Deerfield Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (15%, 12 mi), Bridgeton (12%, 5 mi), Millville (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Deerfield Township walkable?
Upper Deerfield Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Deerfield Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 30% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Deerfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Deerfield Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.