Photo: David Ames 1991 · Public domainBarnegat Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 7% work in Barnegat Township itself; outside it, Toms River Township draws the most (9%, 17 miles). There are 3,148 jobs in Barnegat Township, and 10,089 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Barnegat Township are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Barnegat Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Barnegat Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #385 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Barnegat Township’s grade up ($91,540, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Barnegat Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
A workday in Barnegat Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 9,367 residents head out to work, 722 work right here, and 2,426 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Barnegat 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.
Where the trip to work from Barnegat Township ends
Where Barnegat Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
What Barnegat Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnegat Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,400 → 3,148. 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 Barnegat Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Barnegat Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barnegat Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,232 commuters (the 11% 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.
The commute from Barnegat Township, by distance
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
The commute in Barnegat Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barnegat Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #410 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Barnegat 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 10,421 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 4% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% 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). 3.3% of Barnegat Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Barnegat Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Barnegat Township is 1,002nd of 1,576 U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Westfield NJ | 32,595 | $233K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Cranford Township NJ | 24,725 | $156K | 2.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,000 | Crest Hill IL | 20,695 | $73K | 12.0% | 5.5% | 3% | B− |
| 1,001 | Brigham City UT | 20,633 | $71K | 11.2% | 2.9% | 22% | B− |
| 1,002 | Barnegat Township NJ | 26,151 | $92K | 7.5% | 6.6% | 7% | B− |
| 1,003 | Hyde Park NY | 21,394 | $87K | 9.5% | 5.4% | 12% | B− |
| 1,004 | Salina NY | 32,375 | $72K | 11.2% | 4.9% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Barnegat Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door to Barnegat Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barnegat Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnegat Township | – | B− | B− | 28 min | $91,540 |
| Stafford Township | 7% | A− | B | 31 min | $117,612 |
| Ocean Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 37 min | $100,524 |
| Lacey Township | 2% | B+ | B | 32 min | $102,624 |
| Harvey Cedars | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Long Beach Township | under 2% | B− | A | 29 min | $113,224 |
| Woodland Township | under 2% | B | D | 43 min | $138,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harvey Cedars: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Stafford Township. Darker towns draw more of Barnegat 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 Barnegat Township: questions
What is the median household income in Barnegat Township?
$91,540 (±$5,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnegat Township?
7.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barnegat Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barnegat Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toms River Township (9%, 17 mi), Stafford Township (7%, 4 mi), Lakewood Township (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barnegat Township walkable?
Barnegat Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barnegat Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barnegat Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnegat 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.