Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Walpack Township has 15.0 jobs per working resident, and 45 people come in to work
Employers in Walpack Township report 45 jobs, against 3 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Walpack Township by day and by night
On a workday 3 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 50 people are in Walpack Township on a workday afternoon, 525% more 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.
Where the people who work in Walpack Township live
Where Walpack Township clocks in
33% of workers
33% of workers
33% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Walpack Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walpack Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 45. 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 Walpack Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Walpack Township
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.
The towns next door employ 33% of Walpack Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walpack Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walpack Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Stillwater Township | under 34% | B+ | C− | 36 min | $123,134 |
| Sandyston Township | 33% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $104,219 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sandyston Township. Darker towns draw more of Walpack 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 Walpack Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Walpack Township?
0.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Walpack Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan (33%, 40 mi), Sandyston Township (33%, 8 mi), Andover Township (33%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walpack Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walpack 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.