Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Warren Township earn more than those in 98% of U.S. towns
For 34% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across New Jersey. Below the poverty line: 2.8% of residents, next to 9.7% across New Jersey. Warren Township grades A+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Warren Township, in brief
Home offices are common in Warren Township
34% of Warren Township workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Warren Township draws workers from far and wide
The 10,109 jobs in Warren Township are filled from a wide area. Warren Township’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 19%; the other 76% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
No single place dominates Warren Township’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 7% of working residents, and 65% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Warren Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
76% of Warren Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 81% of the jobs based in Warren Township. The jobs ↓
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.
Warren Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warren Township is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #34 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income is its strongest input ($204,063, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warren Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warren Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,724 commuters (the 33% 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.
7% of working residents work in New York City
Where Warren Township clocks in
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Warren Township
10,109 jobs are based in Warren Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren Township, 2013 → 2023: 11,765 → 10,109. 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 Warren Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Warren Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 6,363 residents head out to work, 535 work right here, and 9,574 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Warren Township on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 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.
How far it is to work from Warren 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Warren Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warren Township is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #324 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 7.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,605 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.7% of Warren Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Warren Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
77th of 2,103: where Warren Township ranks among U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
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| 32 | East Greenwich Township NJ | 12,610 | $149K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 38 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 75 | Haddonfield NJ | 12,740 | $200K | 3.1% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
| 76 | Sharon MA | 18,798 | $192K | 3.8% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| 77 | Warren Township NJ | 17,753 | $204K | 2.8% | 3.5% | 8% | A+ |
| 78 | Peters Township PA | 23,262 | $146K | 2.1% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 79 | Rendon TX | 14,632 | $118K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | 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 Warren Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Warren Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bridgewater Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Township | – | A+ | A− | 33 min | $204,063 |
| Bernards Township | 3% | A | B+ | 33 min | $194,107 |
| Long Hill Township | under 3% | A− | A− | 27 min | $169,079 |
| Martinsville | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Bridgewater Township | 4% | A | A− | 31 min | $172,851 |
| Gillette | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Liberty Corner | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Stirling | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Berkeley Heights Township | under 3% | A+ | A | 37 min | $204,658 |
| Watchung | under 3% | A | A | 34 min | $173,672 |
| Green Brook Township | under 3% | A | A | 30 min | $208,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Martinsville, Gillette, Liberty Corner and Stirling: 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 Warren 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 Warren Township: questions
What is the median household income in Warren Township?
$204,063 (±$23,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren Township?
2.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (7%, 30 mi), Bridgewater Township (4%, 5 mi), Newark (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warren Township walkable?
Warren Township is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warren Township without a car?
5% 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 Warren Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warren 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.