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 4.0Aberdeen Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Aberdeen Township has 4,515 jobs; 9,858 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Aberdeen Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (A+). Measured by household income, Aberdeen Township is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Aberdeen Township, in brief
Jobs & income in Aberdeen Township: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Aberdeen Township’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, 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, Aberdeen Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
Aberdeen Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Aberdeen Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 9,499 residents head out to work, 359 work right here, and 4,156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Aberdeen Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
14% of working residents work in New York City
Where Aberdeen Township clocks in
14% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Aberdeen Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aberdeen Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,603 → 4,515. 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 Aberdeen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Aberdeen Township, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aberdeen Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,727 commuters (the 16% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Aberdeen Township
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,414 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 67% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 3.6% of Aberdeen Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Aberdeen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 14,000 to 26,000, Aberdeen Township ranks 430th of 1,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 428 | Glen Allen VA | 17,551 | $93K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 3% | A |
| 429 | Dyer IN | 16,273 | $107K | 6.2% | 3.8% | 7% | A |
| 430 | Aberdeen Township NJ | 19,535 | $122K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 4% | A |
| 431 | Granite Bay CA | 21,673 | $185K | 5.1% | 4.5% | 6% | A |
| 432 | New Brighton MN | 22,159 | $89K | 8.3% | 2.5% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Aberdeen Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Aberdeen Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Old Bridge Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aberdeen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Township | – | A | A+ | 33 min | $121,795 |
| Matawan | under 2% | A− | A+ | 33 min | $123,354 |
| Old Bridge Township | 3% | B+ | A | 36 min | $104,587 |
| Laurence Harbor | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Keyport | under 2% | B− | A+ | 30 min | $82,321 |
| Holmdel Township | 3% | A | A | 38 min | $165,013 |
| Marlboro Township | under 2% | A+ | A | 41 min | $186,292 |
| Hazlet Township | under 2% | A | A | 32 min | $122,020 |
| Morganville | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Laurence Harbor and Morganville: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Aberdeen Township?
$121,795 (±$5,429) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aberdeen Township?
3.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aberdeen Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aberdeen Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (14%, 22 mi), Edison Township (4%, 8 mi), Woodbridge Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aberdeen Township walkable?
Aberdeen Township is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aberdeen Township without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aberdeen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aberdeen 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.