Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Washington Township earn more than those in 86% of U.S. towns
5.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.7% across New Jersey. Washington Township grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Washington Township; the top destination outside it is Philadelphia (12%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Washington Township apart on work
How Washington Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Washington Township’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Washington Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
What the 19,147 jobs in Washington Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Washington Township, 2013 → 2023: 13,876 → 19,147. 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 Washington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Washington Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 20,589 residents head out to work, 3,097 work right here, and 16,050 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 (0.81 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.
The places Washington Township commutes to
Where Washington Township clocks in
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.
The daily trip from Washington Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Washington Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,315 commuters (the 19% 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.
How far Washington Township’s workers travel
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 commute in Washington Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Washington Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #350 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% 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 24,978 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, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 3.5% of Washington Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Washington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Washington Township ranks: 210th of 887 U.S. towns of 35,000 to 67,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 3 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 36 | Marlboro Township NJ | 42,254 | $186K | 3.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Bridgewater Township NJ | 46,455 | $173K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Wayne Township NJ | 54,819 | $153K | 3.4% | 4.9% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 208 | San Bruno CA | 42,305 | $141K | 6.0% | 5.0% | 5% | A |
| 209 | Coral Gables FL | 49,578 | $134K | 9.4% | 3.6% | 18% | A |
| 210 | Washington Township NJ | 49,840 | $114K | 5.5% | 4.5% | 13% | A |
| 211 | Des Plaines IL | 58,772 | $98K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 9% | A |
| 212 | Mentor OH | 47,010 | $89K | 5.2% | 2.9% | 24% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Washington Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Washington Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Gloucester Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Washington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | – | A | B+ | 29 min | $114,249 |
| Gloucester Township | 4% | B+ | A | 29 min | $101,119 |
| Sicklerville | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Mantua Township | under 2% | A | B+ | 27 min | $121,875 |
| Glassboro | 2% | B− | A+ | 28 min | $87,278 |
| Deptford Township | 2% | B+ | B+ | 26 min | $91,706 |
| Pitman | under 2% | A− | A− | 29 min | $98,489 |
| Grenloch | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sewell | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | B | A− | 32 min | $96,980 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sicklerville, Grenloch and Sewell: 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 Washington 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 Washington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Washington Township?
$114,249 (±$5,918) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Washington Township?
5.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Washington Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Washington Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (12%, 18 mi), Cherry Hill Township (4%, 11 mi), Gloucester Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Washington Township walkable?
Washington Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Washington Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Washington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Washington 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.