Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Beverly has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 7.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. There are 241 jobs in Beverly, against 1,201 working residents. The two grades for Beverly are B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Beverly
Where Beverly’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beverly is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #286 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Beverly’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beverly could be anywhere from B− to A.
In and out of Beverly on a workday
On a workday 1,181 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Beverly on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
5% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Beverly clocks in
5% 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.
Jobs in Beverly: what the 241 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beverly, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 241. 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 Beverly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Beverly
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beverly workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 982 commuters (the 12% 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 Beverly commutes less than 12 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Beverly
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beverly is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #185 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,120 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 6.5% of Beverly households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Beverly’s commuters take a bus or train.
Beverly next to U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500: 1,068th of 5,083 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 58 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,066 | Valley Township MI | 2,337 | $87K | 8.3% | 0.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,067 | Mohican Township OH | 2,088 | $83K | 8.6% | 0.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,068 | Beverly NJ | 2,564 | $89K | 15.7% | 2.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,069 | Whitewater Township IN | 2,755 | $87K | 1.0% | 4.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,070 | Washington Township OH | 1,945 | $83K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Beverly, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns around Beverly
The biggest share goes to Edgewater Park Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beverly workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly | – | B+ | A | 27 min | $89,458 |
| Edgewater Park Township | 3% | B | A | 34 min | $84,960 |
| Delanco Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $78,710 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beverly’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 Beverly: questions
What is the median household income in Beverly?
$89,458 (±$12,220) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beverly?
15.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beverly?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beverly work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (5%, 12 mi), Mount Laurel Township (4%, 8 mi), Burlington Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beverly walkable?
Beverly is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beverly without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beverly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beverly
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.