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The most common industries in Washington Township are: Health care (10.4% of civilian employees), Educational services (10.0% of civilian employees), Professional, scientific, technical services (9.7% of civilian employees). 65.9% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 7.1% less than the rate of 70.6% across the entire state of New Jersey.

Most common industries

Most common industries
Most common industries for males
Most common industries for females

Most common industries

Industry

All

Males

Females
Health care10.4%
(477)		3.7%
(92)		18.1%
(385)
Educational services10.0%
(458)		5.5%
(136)		15.1%
(322)
Professional, scientific, and technical services9.7%
(445)		10.7%
(262)		8.6%
(183)
Finance and insurance6.2%
(283)		7.2%
(176)		5.0%
(107)
Construction5.2%
(240)		8.8%
(215)		1.2%
(25)
Public administration3.9%
(178)		5.1%
(125)		2.5%
(53)
Broadcasting and telecommunications3.2%
(148)		3.7%
(90)		2.7%
(58)
Real estate and rental and leasing2.7%
(123)		3.3%
(82)		1.9%
(41)
Administrative and support and waste management services2.5%
(113)		2.8%
(69)		2.1%
(44)
Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores2.5%
(113)		0.5%
(13)		4.7%
(100)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries2.4%
(112)		1.9%
(47)		3.0%
(65)
Chemicals2.4%
(110)		3.5%
(85)		1.2%
(25)
Accommodation and food services2.3%
(107)		2.7%
(67)		1.9%
(40)
Food and beverage stores2.1%
(98)		2.4%
(58)		1.9%
(40)
Personal and laundry services2.0%
(93)		1.7%
(41)		2.4%
(52)
Miscellaneous manufacturing1.7%
(79)		1.8%
(45)		1.6%
(34)
Social assistance1.7%
(79)		0.0%
(0)		3.7%
(79)
Utilities1.5%
(67)		1.5%
(38)		1.4%
(29)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation1.4%
(64)		1.6%
(40)		1.1%
(24)
Computer and electronic products1.3%
(59)		1.6%
(40)		0.9%
(19)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations1.3%
(58)		1.4%
(34)		1.1%
(24)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers1.2%
(57)		1.9%
(46)		0.5%
(11)
Pharmacies and drug stores1.2%
(54)		0.7%
(17)		1.7%
(37)
Food1.2%
(53)		0.6%
(14)		1.8%
(39)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers1.1%
(50)		1.2%
(29)		1.0%
(21)
Other direct selling establishments1.0%
(46)		1.1%
(28)		0.8%
(18)
U. S. Postal service1.0%
(45)		1.3%
(32)		0.6%
(13)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers0.9%
(41)		1.5%
(37)		0.2%
(4)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers0.9%
(41)		1.5%
(37)		0.2%
(4)
Printing and related support activities0.8%
(39)		1.0%
(25)		0.7%
(14)
Radio, TV, and computer stores0.7%
(32)		0.4%
(10)		1.0%
(22)
Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores0.7%
(31)		0.5%
(13)		0.8%
(18)
Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers0.7%
(30)		0.4%
(10)		0.9%
(20)
Department and other general merchandise stores0.6%
(29)		0.9%
(23)		0.3%
(6)
Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores0.6%
(28)		0.8%
(20)		0.4%
(8)
Apparel0.6%
(27)		0.9%
(21)		0.3%
(6)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores0.6%
(27)		1.1%
(27)		0.0%
(0)
Water transportation0.5%
(25)		0.9%
(21)		0.2%
(4)
Furniture and related product manufacturing0.5%
(24)		0.5%
(13)		0.5%
(11)
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers0.5%
(23)		0.7%
(18)		0.2%
(5)
Music stores0.5%
(23)		0.7%
(17)		0.3%
(6)
Paper0.5%
(21)		0.4%
(10)		0.5%
(11)
Truck transportation0.4%
(19)		0.8%
(19)		0.0%
(0)
Repair and maintenance0.4%
(19)		0.8%
(19)		0.0%
(0)
Transportation equipment0.4%
(18)		0.5%
(13)		0.2%
(5)
Textile mills and textile products0.3%
(16)		0.7%
(16)		0.0%
(0)
Machinery0.3%
(16)		0.4%
(11)		0.2%
(5)
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses0.3%
(14)		0.6%
(14)		0.0%
(0)
Management of companies and enterprises0.3%
(14)		0.3%
(7)		0.3%
(7)
Apparel, fabrics, and notions merchant wholesalers0.3%
(13)		0.3%
(7)		0.3%
(6)
Warehousing and storage0.3%
(13)		0.5%
(13)		0.0%
(0)
Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers0.3%
(13)		0.2%
(6)		0.3%
(7)
Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers0.3%
(13)		0.0%
(1)		0.6%
(12)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components0.2%
(11)		0.4%
(11)		0.0%
(0)
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers0.2%
(11)		0.4%
(11)		0.0%
(0)
Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers0.2%
(11)		0.0%
(0)		0.5%
(11)
Petroleum and coal products0.2%
(10)		0.2%
(5)		0.2%
(5)
Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers0.2%
(10)		0.4%
(10)		0.0%
(0)
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores0.2%
(10)		0.2%
(6)		0.2%
(4)
Data processing, libraries, and other information services0.2%
(8)		0.3%
(8)		0.0%
(0)
Book stores and news dealers0.2%
(8)		0.3%
(8)		0.0%
(0)
Recyclable material merchant wholesalers0.2%
(7)		0.3%
(7)		0.0%
(0)
Air transportation0.2%
(7)		0.3%
(7)		0.0%
(0)
Retail florists0.2%
(7)		0.0%
(0)		0.3%
(7)
Leather and allied products0.2%
(7)		0.0%
(0)		0.3%
(7)
Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers0.1%
(6)		0.0%
(0)		0.3%
(6)
Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers0.1%
(6)		0.0%
(0)		0.3%
(6)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting0.1%
(6)		0.0%
(0)		0.3%
(6)
Office supplies and stationery stores0.1%
(6)		0.2%
(6)		0.0%
(0)
Beverage and tobacco products0.1%
(6)		0.2%
(6)		0.0%
(0)
Private households0.1%
(6)		0.0%
(0)		0.3%
(6)
Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers0.1%
(5)		0.2%
(5)		0.0%
(0)
Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers0.1%
(5)		0.2%
(5)		0.0%
(0)
Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers0.1%
(5)		0.2%
(5)		0.0%
(0)
Metal and metal products0.1%
(5)		0.0%
(0)		0.2%
(5)
Nonmetallic mineral products0.1%
(4)		0.2%
(4)		0.0%
(0)
Plastics and rubber products0.1%
(4)		0.2%
(4)		0.0%
(0)

Unemployment in Washington Township

  • Unemployment by race in 2000
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 4.8%Males
  • 2.5%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 6.3%Males
  • 6.9%Females

Time leaving home to go to work

Time Leaving Home To Go To Work
<5am:
Washington Township:

1.8% (83)
New Jersey:

2.4% (92,776)
5:30am:
Washington Township:

1.2% (55)
New Jersey:

2.1% (83,147)
6am:
Washington Township:

2.0% (91)
New Jersey:

3.2% (124,191)
6:30am:
Washington Township:

5.4% (243)
New Jersey:

7.7% (297,494)
7am:
Washington Township:

9.2% (414)
New Jersey:

9.5% (369,088)
7:30am:
Washington Township:

13.6% (617)
New Jersey:

14.4% (558,435)
8am:
Washington Township:

15.4% (698)
New Jersey:

15.3% (592,839)
8:30am:
Washington Township:

16.2% (734)
New Jersey:

14.0% (541,137)
9am:
Washington Township:

11.0% (499)
New Jersey:

7.6% (295,834)
10am:
Washington Township:

7.8% (353)
New Jersey:

6.4% (246,745)
11am:
Washington Township:

3.8% (173)
New Jersey:

2.4% (92,391)
12pm:
Washington Township:

0.8% (35)
New Jersey:

1.1% (43,997)
4pm:
Washington Township:

4.5% (203)
New Jersey:

5.5% (213,079)
>4pm:
Washington Township:

2.6% (118)
New Jersey:

5.6% (218,724)

Travel time to work

Daytime population change due to commuting: -2,700 (-30.2%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 488 (10.8%)
Travel time (in minutes) to work
Working at home
Less than 5 minutes:
Washington Township:

1.5% (67)
New Jersey:

2.6% (99,241)
5 to 9 minutes:
Washington Township:

6.0% (272)
New Jersey:

9.0% (347,598)
10 to 14 minutes:
Washington Township:

14.8% (668)
New Jersey:

12.5% (482,988)
15 to 19 minutes:
Washington Township:

15.0% (678)
New Jersey:

13.2% (510,571)
20 to 24 minutes:
Washington Township:

13.2% (599)
New Jersey:

12.8% (497,467)
25 to 29 minutes:
Washington Township:

5.6% (255)
New Jersey:

5.4% (210,226)
30 to 34 minutes:
Washington Township:

11.0% (496)
New Jersey:

12.7% (492,539)
35 to 39 minutes:
Washington Township:

1.9% (86)
New Jersey:

2.8% (109,571)
40 to 44 minutes:
Washington Township:

6.3% (283)
New Jersey:

4.0% (156,148)
45 to 59 minutes:
Washington Township:

8.2% (369)
New Jersey:

9.1% (352,609)
60 to 89 minutes:
Washington Township:

8.7% (392)
New Jersey:

8.7% (335,777)
90 or more minutes:
Washington Township:

3.3% (151)
New Jersey:

4.5% (175,142)

Means of transportation to work

Means of transportation to work - Washington Township
Means of transportation to work - New Jersey
Drove car alone:
Washington Township:

82.4% (3,727)
New Jersey:

73.0% (2,828,303)
Carpooled:
Washington Township:

6.3% (285)
New Jersey:

10.6% (412,299)
Bus or trolley bus:
Washington Township:

4.4% (199)
New Jersey:

5.5% (213,067)
Railroad:
Washington Township:

1.1% (51)
New Jersey:

2.4% (93,864)
Bicycle:
Washington Township:

0.1% (4)
New Jersey:

0.2% (9,142)
Walked:
Washington Township:

0.8% (37)
New Jersey:

3.1% (121,305)
Other means:
Washington Township:

0.3% (13)
New Jersey:

0.7% (25,484)

Private vehicle occupancy

Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
Washington Township:

92.9% (3,727)
New Jersey:

87.3% (2,828,303)
In 2 person carpool:
Washington Township:

5.6% (226)
New Jersey:

9.6% (311,146)
In 3 person carpool:
Washington Township:

0.6% (25)
New Jersey:

1.7% (55,192)
In 4 person carpool:
Washington Township:

0.5% (19)
New Jersey:

0.7% (21,516)
In 7+ person carpool:
Washington Township:

0.4% (15)
New Jersey:

0.4% (11,482)

Class of workers

Class of Workers
Employee of private company:
Washington Township:

65.9% (3,026)
New Jersey:

70.6% (2,789,718)
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Washington Township:

9.4% (430)
New Jersey:

3.8% (149,548)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Washington Township:

6.3% (288)
New Jersey:

6.4% (254,203)
Local government workers:
Washington Township:

9.3% (428)
New Jersey:

7.9% (311,080)
State government workers:
Washington Township:

1.3% (61)
New Jersey:

3.8% (151,067)
Federal government workers:
Washington Township:

2.1% (97)
New Jersey:

2.2% (88,294)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Washington Township:

5.2% (240)
New Jersey:

5.0% (197,664)
Unpaid family workers:
Washington Township:

0.4% (19)
New Jersey:

0.2% (8,455)
Class of Workers - Males
Employee of private company - Males:
Washington Township:

64.9% (1,595)
New Jersey:

72.1% (1,513,771)
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
Washington Township:

13.8% (338)
New Jersey:

5.5% (115,635)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Washington Township:

4.8% (118)
New Jersey:

3.9% (82,116)
Local government workers - Males:
Washington Township:

7.0% (172)
New Jersey:

6.3% (131,844)
State government workers - Males:
Washington Township:

0.9% (21)
New Jersey:

3.2% (68,111)
Federal government workers - Males:
Washington Township:

2.7% (67)
New Jersey:

2.6% (53,792)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Washington Township:

5.4% (133)
New Jersey:

6.2% (130,204)
Unpaid family workers - Males:
Washington Township:

0.5% (13)
New Jersey:

0.2% (3,384)
Class of Workers - Females
Employee of private company - Females:
Washington Township:

67.1% (1,431)
New Jersey:

68.9% (1,275,947)
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
Washington Township:

4.3% (92)
New Jersey:

1.8% (33,913)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Washington Township:

8.0% (170)
New Jersey:

9.3% (172,087)
Local government workers - Females:
Washington Township:

12.0% (256)
New Jersey:

9.7% (179,236)
State government workers - Females:
Washington Township:

1.9% (40)
New Jersey:

4.5% (82,956)
Federal government workers - Females:
Washington Township:

1.4% (30)
New Jersey:

1.9% (34,502)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Washington Township:

5.0% (107)
New Jersey:

3.6% (67,460)
Unpaid family workers - Females:
Washington Township:

0.3% (6)
New Jersey:

0.3% (5,071)
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