Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Wantage Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 9% of workers; New Jersey has 17%. 1,929 jobs are based in Wantage Township, and 5,619 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Wantage Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Wantage Township in brief
No single place dominates Wantage Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Sparta Township, gets only 4% of working residents, and 67% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Wantage Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Wantage Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Wantage Township empties out on a workday
About 7,500 people are in Wantage Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 11,000 who live here: 5,100 head out to work and 1,400 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Wantage Township
Household income holds Wantage Township’s grade up ($99,599, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wantage Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where Wantage Township goes to work
Where Wantage Township clocks in
4% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
From Wantage Township, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wantage Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,983 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Wantage Township
On a workday 5,090 residents head out to work, 529 work right here, and 1,400 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,500 people are in Wantage Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The kinds of work in Wantage Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wantage Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,737 → 1,929. 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 Wantage Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Wantage 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.
Driving is how Wantage Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,460 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Wantage Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wantage Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Wantage Township comes 1,281st 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 21 | Oradell NJ | 8,293 | $221K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,279 | Stayton OR | 8,488 | $78K | 10.5% | 2.8% | 16% | B |
| 1,280 | Mount Holly Township NJ | 10,645 | $83K | 12.2% | 5.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,281 | Wantage Township NJ | 11,154 | $100K | 6.6% | 5.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,282 | Richmond Heights FL | 9,992 | $68K | 13.6% | 3.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,283 | Four Corners TX | 11,692 | $76K | 8.3% | 7.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Wantage Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Wantage Township
The biggest share goes to Vernon Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wantage Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wantage Township | – | B | C+ | 36 min | $99,599 |
| Vernon Township | 3% | B+ | C | 41 min | $115,873 |
| Hardyston Township | 3% | B+ | C+ | 40 min | $120,392 |
| Montague Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 41 min | $101,250 |
| Frankford Township | 2% | B+ | C | 32 min | $117,286 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wantage 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 Wantage Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wantage Township?
$99,599 (±$8,967) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wantage Township?
6.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wantage Township?
36 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 Wantage Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sparta Township (4%, 14 mi), Newton (4%, 15 mi), New York City (3%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wantage Township walkable?
Wantage Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wantage Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wantage Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wantage 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.