Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Branchville has 2.8 jobs for every working resident: 1,061 people commute in to work
Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. Employers in Branchville report 1,074 jobs for 386 working residents. Only 3% stay in Branchville for work; outside it, Frankford Township is the main destination (8%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Branchville
Branchville is where the jobs are
Branchville has 1,074 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,500 people are in town, 85% more than the 810 who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all jobs in Branchville pay over $40,000 a year
88% of the jobs based in Branchville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Branchville is services
96% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 0% are in factories, building or farms. 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 386 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Branchville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 373 residents head out to work and 13 work right here.
About 1,500 people are in Branchville on a workday afternoon, 85% 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.
In Branchville, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Branchville, 2014 → 2024: 1,451 → 1,074. 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 Branchville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Branchville live
Where Branchville clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Branchville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Branchville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 439 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far Branchville’s workers travel
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.
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 Branchville: questions
What is the median household income in Branchville?
$126,458 (±$49,925) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Branchville?
2.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Branchville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Branchville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frankford Township (8%, 1 mi), Sparta Township (5%, 9 mi), Newton (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Branchville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Branchville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Branchville
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.