Photo: Sturmovik at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Winslow Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
6,508 jobs are based in Winslow Township for 17,923 working residents. The two grades for Winslow Township are B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.7 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
The work figures that set Winslow Township apart
Winslow Township draws workers from far and wide
The 6,508 jobs in Winslow Township are filled from a wide area. Winslow Township’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Winslow Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Winslow Township is Philadelphia, PA, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (1,772) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Winslow Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winslow Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #298 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Winslow Township’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, 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, Winslow Township could be anywhere from B to A.
10% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Winslow Township clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Winslow 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.
Who leaves Winslow Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 17,163 residents head out to work, 760 work right here, and 5,748 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29,000 people are in Winslow Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The kinds of work in Winslow Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winslow Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,335 → 6,508. 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 Winslow Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Winslow Township, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winslow Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,994 commuters (the 12% 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.
Winslow Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winslow Township is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #329 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Winslow 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 20,404 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% 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). 6.7% of Winslow Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Winslow Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 28,000 to 55,000, Winslow Township ranks 496th of 1,101 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | 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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| 14 | Westfield NJ | 32,595 | $233K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
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| 47 | Livingston Township NJ | 32,223 | $230K | 2.3% | 4.3% | 9% | A+ |
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| 56 | Marlboro Township NJ | 42,254 | $186K | 3.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
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| 494 | McHenry Township IL | 48,110 | $95K | 8.4% | 3.9% | 12% | B+ |
| 495 | Cortlandt NY | 42,413 | $140K | 5.7% | 7.9% | 12% | B+ |
| 496 | Winslow Township NJ | 40,562 | $99K | 9.0% | 4.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 497 | Brighton CO | 45,395 | $108K | 9.4% | 4.8% | 14% | B+ |
| 498 | Burlington VT | 44,019 | $71K | 20.5% | 4.3% | 44% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,101 | 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 Winslow Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door to Winslow Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winslow Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow Township | – | B+ | A− | 31 min | $99,093 |
| Monroe Township | under 3% | B | A− | 32 min | $96,980 |
| Williamstown | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Berlin | under 3% | A | A | 36 min | $102,855 |
| Chesilhurst | under 3% | B+ | A | 36 min | $91,683 |
| Waterford Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 33 min | $111,791 |
Same-state neighbors only. Williamstown: 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 Winslow 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 Winslow Township: questions
What is the median household income in Winslow Township?
$99,093 (±$4,954) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winslow Township?
9.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winslow Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winslow Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (10%, 24 mi), Camden (4%, 19 mi), Cherry Hill Township (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winslow Township walkable?
Winslow Township is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winslow Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winslow Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winslow 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.