Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Willingboro Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4,941 jobs are based in Willingboro Township for 16,156 working residents. Willingboro Township grades B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Willingboro Township, in a few figures
No single place dominates Willingboro Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, PA, gets only 7% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Willingboro Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Willingboro Township empties out on a workday
About 22,000 people are in Willingboro Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 33,000 who live here: 15,000 head out to work and 4,200 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.
Income, poverty and work: Willingboro Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Willingboro Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #332 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Willingboro Township’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.2%, 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, Willingboro Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
7% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Willingboro Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
A workday in Willingboro Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 15,384 residents head out to work, 772 work right here, and 4,169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Willingboro Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Willingboro Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willingboro Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,001 → 4,941. 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 Willingboro Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for Willingboro Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willingboro Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,303 commuters (the 10% 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.
Miles to work from Willingboro 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Willingboro Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Willingboro Township is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #266 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Willingboro 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 15,949 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 74% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 17% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 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). 2.9% of Willingboro Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Willingboro Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,283 U.S. towns of 23,000 to 44,000, Willingboro Township comes 689th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 15 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Westfield NJ | 32,595 | $233K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Cranford Township NJ | 24,725 | $156K | 2.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 687 | Keizer OR | 39,140 | $85K | 8.1% | 4.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 688 | Wareham MA | 23,689 | $90K | 6.7% | 4.6% | 13% | B+ |
| 689 | Willingboro Township NJ | 32,824 | $98K | 8.0% | 8.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 690 | San Gabriel CA | 38,186 | $90K | 10.6% | 5.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 691 | Kearns UT | 35,404 | $87K | 7.6% | 6.2% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | 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 Willingboro Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
11% of Willingboro Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Burlington Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Willingboro Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willingboro Township | – | B+ | A | 30 min | $98,200 |
| Burlington Township | 5% | A− | A | 30 min | $104,067 |
| Westampton Township | under 3% | A | B | 30 min | $126,312 |
| Moorestown Township | 2% | A | A− | 26 min | $159,700 |
| Delran Township | under 3% | A | B+ | 28 min | $106,921 |
| Mount Laurel Township | 4% | A | B+ | 27 min | $118,802 |
| Edgewater Park Township | under 3% | B | A | 34 min | $84,960 |
| Delanco Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $78,710 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Willingboro 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 Willingboro Township: questions
What is the median household income in Willingboro Township?
$98,200 (±$7,746) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willingboro Township?
8.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willingboro Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willingboro Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (7%, 13 mi), Trenton (6%, 15 mi), Burlington Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Willingboro Township walkable?
Willingboro Township is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Willingboro Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 17% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Willingboro Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willingboro 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.