Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Bass River Township draws 1,104 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across New Jersey. There are 1,122 jobs in Bass River Township, against 558 working residents. Bass River Township grades B for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bass River Township
Bass River Township makes and builds things
93% of the jobs based in Bass River Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bass River Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Bass River Township is where the jobs are
Bass River Township has 1,122 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,000 people are in town, 40% more than the 1,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Bass River Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
91% of the jobs based in Bass River Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 68% of the jobs Bass River Township residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Bass River Township. The jobs ↓
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; with 558 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Bass River Township
On income, poverty and job access, Bass River Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bass River Township’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Bass River Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bass River Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
In Bass River Township, 93% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bass River Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,186 → 1,122. 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 Bass River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Bass River Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 540 residents head out to work and 18 work right here.
About 2,000 people are in Bass River Township on a workday afternoon, 40% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Bass River Township: where workers come from
Where Bass River Township clocks in
4% 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.
Bass River Township’s commute takes about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bass River Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 472 commuters (the 4% 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.
Half of Bass River Township commutes less than 34 miles
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Bass River Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bass River Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bass River 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 492 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 3.4% of Bass River Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bass River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Bass River Township comes 1,641st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 54 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 72 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 101 | Allentown NJ | 1,741 | $121K | 4.4% | 3.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 1,639 | Genoa NV | 1,284 | $122K | 7.4% | 4.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,640 | Suffield OH | 1,126 | $62K | 8.4% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,641 | Bass River Township NJ | 1,408 | $76K | 5.8% | 4.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,642 | High Rolls NM | 1,313 | $86K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,643 | Remsen IA | 1,663 | $91K | 3.0% | 5.6% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Bass River Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns around Bass River Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bass River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass River Township | – | B | D− | 41 min | $75,833 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Little Egg Harbor Township | 4% | B+ | B+ | 33 min | $92,446 |
| Mystic Island | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Port Republic | under 2% | A | C− | 28 min | $123,438 |
| Galloway Township | 4% | B− | A− | 24 min | $91,229 |
| Woodland Township | under 2% | B | D | 43 min | $138,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Mystic Island: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Little Egg Harbor Township. Darker towns draw more of Bass River 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 Bass River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bass River Township?
$75,833 (±$30,152) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bass River Township?
5.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bass River Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bass River Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Galloway Township (4%, 12 mi), Philadelphia (4%, 44 mi), Little Egg Harbor Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bass River Township walkable?
Bass River Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bass River Township without a car?
0% 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 Bass River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bass River 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.