Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Brass Castle has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 24% of workers, the job is at home; New Jersey has 17%. Employers in Brass Castle report 381 jobs, against 686 working residents. Only 2% work in Brass Castle; the top destination outside it is Washington Township (6%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Brass Castle apart on work
Commuting from Brass Castle: about 44 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brass Castle workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 705 commuters (the 24% 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.
Brass Castle on a workday afternoon
On a workday 673 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 368 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Brass Castle on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Out of Brass Castle to work: where people go
Where Brass Castle clocks in
6% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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 Brass Castle’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brass Castle, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 381. 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 Brass Castle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Brass Castle
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.
Around Brass Castle: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Washington (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brass Castle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brass Castle | – | — | — | 44 min | $152,256 |
| Washington | 3% | B+ | A | 34 min | $81,336 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brass Castle’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 Brass Castle: questions
What is the median household income in Brass Castle?
$152,256 (±$45,504) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brass Castle?
3.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brass Castle?
44 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brass Castle work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Township (6%, 4 mi), Hackettstown (3%, 12 mi), Washington (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brass Castle without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brass Castle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brass Castle
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.