Hackensack Water Company Complex · Photo: Jim.henderson · CC0Households in Weehawken Township have higher incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 7.3% (New Jersey 9.7%). Weehawken Township grades A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For 27% of workers, the job is at home (New Jersey 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Weehawken Township
Most Weehawken Township residents work close to home
77% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Nearly half of Weehawken Township works in New York City
4,108 working residents, 48%, have their main job in New York City, NY, 8.4 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Weehawken Township itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Weehawken Township’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 37 minutes, longer than the New Jersey average of 31. The reason is the way people travel: 48% of commuters take transit, against 4% nationally. How people get to work ↓ Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
78% of Weehawken 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 83% of the jobs based in Weehawken Township. The jobs ↓
Many of the people who work in Weehawken Township live in another state
13% of the jobs in Weehawken Township are held by people who live in New York City, NY, one of the top places its workers come from. The commute map ↓
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 Weehawken Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Weehawken Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #188 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Weehawken Township’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, 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, Weehawken Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Weehawken Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
48% of working residents work in New York City
Where Weehawken Township clocks in
48% of workers
5% 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.
Each way, about 37 minutes from Weehawken Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weehawken Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,996 commuters (the 27% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Weehawken Township
6,515 jobs are based in Weehawken Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weehawken Township, 2013 → 2023: 5,995 → 6,515. 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 Weehawken Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Weehawken Township by day and by night
On a workday 8,218 residents head out to work, 416 work right here, and 6,099 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Weehawken Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 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.
Weehawken Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Weehawken Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #7 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Weehawken Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,942 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 74% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 97.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 20.9% of Weehawken Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 48% of Weehawken Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
528th of 2,103: where Weehawken 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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| 526 | Clive IA | 19,861 | $132K | 7.3% | 4.0% | 7% | A |
| 527 | Stillwater MN | 19,354 | $106K | 7.3% | 3.5% | 15% | A |
| 528 | Weehawken Township NJ | 17,827 | $128K | 7.3% | 4.9% | 5% | A |
| 529 | Davidson NC | 16,662 | $167K | 7.0% | 4.1% | 13% | A− |
| 530 | Bloomfield CT | 22,267 | $99K | 5.8% | 3.9% | 12% | A− |
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| 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 Weehawken Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door to Weehawken Township
The biggest share goes to Hoboken (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weehawken Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weehawken Township | – | A | A+ | 37 min | $127,763 |
| Hoboken | 3% | A | A+ | 37 min | $180,579 |
| Union City | 2% | C | A+ | 33 min | $64,310 |
| West New York | 1% | C+ | A+ | 35 min | $71,729 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weehawken 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 34% of Weehawken Township workers work outside New Jersey. The job records count 48% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Weehawken Township: questions
What is the median household income in Weehawken Township?
$127,763 (±$23,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weehawken Township?
7.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weehawken Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weehawken Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (48%, 8 mi), Jersey City (5%, 5 mi), Hoboken (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weehawken Township walkable?
Weehawken Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.6 out of 20, and 55% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weehawken Township without a car?
48% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. 74% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weehawken Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weehawken 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.