Photo: Luigi Novi · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Brielle are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Brielle is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (A). Poverty touches 1.3% of residents, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brielle at work: what stands out
Where Brielle’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Brielle’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brielle could be anywhere from A− to A+.
8% of working residents work in Wall Township
Where Brielle clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Brielle by day and by night
On a workday 2,123 residents head out to work, 121 work right here, and 1,440 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Brielle on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.70 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.
The kinds of work in Brielle
1,561 jobs are based in Brielle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brielle, 2013 → 2023: 1,249 → 1,561. 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 Brielle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, about the NJ average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brielle workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,954 commuters (the 22% 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 commute from Brielle, by distance
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.
In Brielle, walking beats the bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.5% 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 2,490 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 73% 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 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 5.5% of Brielle households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Brielle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Brielle is 580th among 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 6 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 578 | Marrs Township IN | 5,388 | $104K | 7.3% | 0.6% | 4% | A |
| 579 | Steele Creek AK | 5,928 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.5% | — | A |
| 580 | Brielle NJ | 4,959 | $172K | 1.3% | 6.6% | 5% | A |
| 581 | Sea Cliff NY | 5,031 | $194K | 0.9% | 13.5% | 7% | A |
| 582 | Mackinaw Township IL | 4,231 | $103K | 6.9% | 1.2% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Brielle, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Bordering towns draw 14% of Brielle’s workers
The biggest share goes to Wall Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brielle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brielle | – | A | A | 30 min | $172,250 |
| Manasquan | 4% | A+ | A+ | 34 min | $142,944 |
| Point Pleasant Beach | 2% | A− | A+ | 30 min | $141,716 |
| Point Pleasant | under 2% | A | A | 30 min | $115,625 |
| Wall Township | 8% | A | A− | 27 min | $142,768 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brielle’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 Brielle: questions
What is the median household income in Brielle?
$172,250 (±$15,674) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brielle?
1.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brielle?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brielle work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wall Township (8%, 5 mi), New York City (6%, 39 mi), Manasquan (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brielle walkable?
Brielle is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brielle without a car?
2% 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 Brielle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brielle
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.