Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Woodbridge Township’s household incomes are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. Below the poverty line: 8.4% of residents, against 9.7% across New Jersey. For jobs and income Woodbridge Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (A+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Woodbridge Township in brief
Woodbridge Township trades workers with the towns around it
Woodbridge Township has about as many jobs (57,588) as working residents (48,707), but they are mostly different people: 42,331 residents leave for work each day while 51,212 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Woodbridge Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Woodbridge Township draws workers from far and wide
The 57,588 jobs in Woodbridge Township are filled from a wide area. Woodbridge Township’s own residents hold 11% and the ten next-biggest home towns 22%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Woodbridge Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Woodbridge 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, Woodbridge Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Who works in Woodbridge Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 42,331 residents head out to work, 6,376 work right here, and 51,212 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 (1.18 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in New York City
Where Woodbridge Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
66% of the jobs in Woodbridge Township pay over $3,333 a month
57,588 jobs are based in Woodbridge Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodbridge Township, 2014 → 2024: 52,276 → 57,588. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodbridge Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Woodbridge Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodbridge Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44,413 commuters (the 14% 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 many miles Woodbridge Township commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Woodbridge Township
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 51,763 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 88% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 23% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% 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). 5.8% of Woodbridge Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Woodbridge Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Woodbridge Township places 96th of 409 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 73,000 to 141,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
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| 73 | Edison Township NJ | 109,077 | $125K | 4.7% | 6.2% | 15% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Daly City CA | 101,261 | $124K | 7.7% | 5.3% | 7% | A− |
| 95 | Elk Grove Township IL | 93,072 | $89K | 8.1% | 3.9% | 14% | A− |
| 96 | Woodbridge Township NJ | 104,802 | $109K | 8.4% | 4.9% | 13% | A− |
| 97 | Doral FL | 81,634 | $94K | 10.3% | 3.3% | 21% | A− |
| 98 | Costa Mesa CA | 108,881 | $112K | 9.1% | 4.7% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Toms River Township NJ | 100,899 | $100K | 5.8% | 4.3% | 21% | A− |
| 102 | Cherry Hill Township NJ | 79,965 | $122K | 7.5% | 5.8% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 409 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 Woodbridge Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Woodbridge Township and its neighbors: 10% work next door
The biggest share goes to Edison Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodbridge Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbridge Township | – | A− | A+ | 33 min | $108,928 |
| Perth Amboy | 2% | C | A+ | 24 min | $61,977 |
| Carteret | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 31 min | $96,862 |
| Edison Township | 8% | A− | A+ | 34 min | $125,145 |
| Rahway | under 2% | B | A+ | 32 min | $91,461 |
| Sayreville | under 2% | A− | A | 31 min | $99,979 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Woodbridge 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 2024, 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 Woodbridge Township: questions
What is the median household income in Woodbridge Township?
$108,928 (±$4,107) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodbridge Township?
8.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodbridge Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodbridge Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (9%, 20 mi), Edison Township (8%, 5 mi), Newark (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Woodbridge Township walkable?
Woodbridge Township is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woodbridge Township without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 23% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodbridge Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodbridge Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.