Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0White Township has lower unemployment (1.5%) than 90% of U.S. towns
8% of workers have no commute at all (New Jersey 17%). Jobs and income earn White Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 7% work in White Township; the top destination outside it is New York City (3%, 58 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where White Township stands out on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for White Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, White Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #327 of 468 in New Jersey. Unemployment holds White Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White Township could be anywhere from C to A.
54% of the jobs in White Township make or build things
1,046 jobs are based in White Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,114 → 1,046. 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 White Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of White Township on a workday
On a workday 1,810 residents head out to work, 129 work right here, and 917 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in White Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 White Township goes to work
Where White Township clocks in
3% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Getting to work from White Township takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,838 commuters (the 8% 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 it is to work from White Township
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 White Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, White Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #415 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,001 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). 4.8% of White Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of White Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,336th of 3,867: where White Township ranks among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 6 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,334 | Kiel WI | 3,973 | $76K | 8.6% | 2.1% | 18% | B+ |
| 1,335 | Harrison Township IN | 3,748 | $75K | 9.5% | 0.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,336 | White Township NJ | 4,706 | $76K | 8.6% | 1.5% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,337 | Elkrun Township OH | 4,299 | $81K | 9.5% | 1.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,338 | La Vale MD | 4,196 | $78K | 4.6% | 3.3% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 White Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
White Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Belvidere (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Township | – | B+ | B− | 33 min | $75,726 |
| Belvidere | 2% | B+ | A | 33 min | $95,714 |
| Oxford Township | 2% | B | C | 39 min | $102,600 |
| Harmony Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 30 min | $92,176 |
| Hutchinson | under 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Hope Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 35 min | $105,625 |
| Knowlton Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 33 min | $97,734 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hutchinson: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White 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 White Township: questions
What is the median household income in White Township?
$75,726 (±$23,909) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Township?
8.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (3%, 58 mi), Phillipsburg (2%, 12 mi), Washington Township (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Township walkable?
White Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of White 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.