Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Brick Township has higher household incomes than 81% of U.S. towns
5.1% of residents live below the poverty line, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. For jobs and income Brick Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in seven stay in Brick Township for work; outside it, Lakewood Township is the main destination (8%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Brick Township
Brick Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Brick Township’s grade up ($106,130, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brick Township could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
Who works in Brick Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 23,809 residents head out to work, 4,443 work right here, and 15,852 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69,000 people are in Brick Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Brick Township ends
Where Brick Township clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
The 20,295 jobs based in Brick Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brick Township, 2013 → 2023: 19,132 → 20,295. 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 Brick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Brick Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brick Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34,868 commuters (the 10% 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 Brick Township goes to work
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.
Brick Township is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% 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 38,711 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 22% 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 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 4.3% of Brick Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Brick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Brick Township is 213th among 572 U.S. towns of 54,000 to 104,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
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| 34 | Wayne Township NJ | 54,819 | $153K | 3.4% | 4.9% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Hoboken NJ | 59,027 | $181K | 7.8% | 3.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township NJ | 56,633 | $112K | 4.8% | 5.4% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 211 | Lawrence KS | 96,367 | $65K | 17.4% | 4.4% | 52% | B+ |
| 212 | Methuen MA | 54,584 | $113K | 7.9% | 5.8% | 11% | B+ |
| 213 | Brick Township NJ | 77,402 | $106K | 5.1% | 6.2% | 16% | B+ |
| 214 | South Whittier CA | 55,650 | $101K | 10.6% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 215 | Hamilton Township NJ | 94,157 | $101K | 6.7% | 5.9% | 16% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 572 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Brick Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
28% of Brick Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brick Township | – | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $106,130 |
| Lakewood Township | 8% | C | A | 24 min | $65,101 |
| Wall Township | 7% | A | A− | 27 min | $142,768 |
| Allenwood | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Point Pleasant | 2% | A | A | 30 min | $115,625 |
| Toms River Township | 8% | A− | B | 30 min | $99,547 |
| Leisure Village East | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Mantoloking | under 3% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Howell Township | 3% | A− | A− | 32 min | $134,854 |
| Ramtown | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Dover Beaches North | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Allenwood, Leisure Village East, Ramtown and Dover Beaches North: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Mantoloking: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lakewood Township. Darker towns draw more of Brick 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 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 Brick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brick Township?
$106,130 (±$4,552) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brick Township?
5.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brick Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brick Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakewood Township (8%, 5 mi), Toms River Township (8%, 6 mi), Wall Township (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brick Township walkable?
Brick Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brick Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brick Township
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.