With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Beckett works elsewhere
For 9% of workers, the job is at home; New Jersey has 17%. Employers in Beckett report 1,303 jobs; 2,452 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Beckett for work; outside it, Logan Township is the main destination (11%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Beckett in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Beckett
69% of Beckett residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Beckett pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Beckett are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What Beckett’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beckett, 2013 → 2023: 1,561 → 1,303. 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 Beckett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Beckett, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beckett workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,254 commuters (the 9% 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 daily flow of workers through Beckett
On a workday 2,380 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 1,231 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Beckett on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Commuting out of Beckett: the destinations
Where Beckett clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Half of Beckett commutes less than 17 miles
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.
How Beckett compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beckett workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckett | – | — | — | 26 min | $115,363 |
| Woolwich Township | 3% | A | B− | 29 min | $157,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Woolwich Township. Darker towns draw more of Beckett’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 Beckett: questions
What is the median household income in Beckett?
$115,363 (±$30,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beckett?
8.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beckett?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beckett work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan Township (11%, 3 mi), Philadelphia (9%, 21 mi), West Deptford Township (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beckett without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beckett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beckett
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.