Photo: Smallbones · Public domainUpper Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. 2,785 jobs are based in Upper Township; 5,142 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Upper Township are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Upper Township
Where Upper Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #136 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
Upper Township’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,510 commuters (the 9% 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.
In and out of Upper Township on a workday
On a workday 4,504 residents head out to work, 638 work right here, and 2,147 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Upper Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Ocean City
Where Upper Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
What Upper Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,971 → 2,785. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Upper Township
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Upper Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #437 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 6,054 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 1.6% of Upper Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Upper Township is 427th of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 7 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Franklin Lakes NJ | 11,180 | $236K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 425 | Helotes TX | 10,387 | $133K | 3.1% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 426 | Coventry CT | 12,446 | $108K | 5.1% | 3.0% | 7% | A |
| 427 | Upper Township NJ | 12,355 | $112K | 2.7% | 2.6% | 12% | A |
| 428 | Douglass Township PA | 11,292 | $118K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 5% | A |
| 429 | Sugarland Run VA | 12,629 | $166K | 5.4% | 4.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Upper Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ocean City (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Township | – | A | C+ | 24 min | $111,991 |
| Estell Manor | under 3% | A− | D | 31 min | $97,318 |
| Corbin City | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Dennis Township | 3% | A− | C | 26 min | $105,506 |
| Ocean City | 10% | B+ | A+ | 27 min | $101,782 |
| Belleplain | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Ocean View | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Sea Isle City | 2% | A− | A | 30 min | $108,359 |
| Maurice River Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 29 min | $76,964 |
Same-state neighbors only. Corbin City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Belleplain and Ocean View: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Township?
$111,991 (±$7,943) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Township?
2.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ocean City (10%, 7 mi), Middle Township (9%, 13 mi), Somers Point (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Township walkable?
Upper Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper 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.