Photo: Dough4872 · Public domainBrigantine has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
1,288 jobs are based in Brigantine, and 2,789 of its residents work somewhere. Brigantine grades B for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Brigantine in brief
A lot of Brigantine works one town over
29% of working residents work in a town that borders Brigantine: Atlantic City (26%) and Galloway Township (3%). Next door ↓
Brigantine’s workforce skews older
39% of Brigantine’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Brigantine
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brigantine is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #378 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Brigantine’s grade up ($97,250, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brigantine could be anywhere from C to A.
The kinds of work in Brigantine
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brigantine, 2013 → 2023: 1,353 → 1,288. 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 Brigantine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Brigantine
On a workday 2,408 residents head out to work, 381 work right here, and 907 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Brigantine on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
26% of working residents work in Atlantic City
Where Brigantine clocks in
6% 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.
The daily trip from Brigantine: 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 Brigantine workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,914 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.
Brigantine’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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: Brigantine
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brigantine is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #199 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Brigantine near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,757 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 78% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 68% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 7.2% of Brigantine households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Brigantine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,300, Brigantine ranks 1,586th of 3,018 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,584 | Makawao HI | 7,353 | $96K | 10.2% | 3.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,585 | Auburn GA | 10,110 | $77K | 11.7% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,586 | Brigantine NJ | 7,658 | $97K | 9.4% | 5.7% | 14% | B |
| 1,587 | Middlesex Township PA | 7,636 | $77K | 9.1% | 5.2% | 8% | B |
| 1,588 | South Beloit IL | 7,996 | $79K | 8.0% | 5.9% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,018 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Brigantine, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door is work for 29% of Brigantine
The biggest share goes to Atlantic City (26%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brigantine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigantine | – | B | A | 28 min | $97,250 |
| Galloway Township | 3% | B− | A− | 24 min | $91,229 |
| Atlantic City | 26% | D | A+ | 24 min | $41,028 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brigantine’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 Brigantine: questions
What is the median household income in Brigantine?
$97,250 (±$16,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brigantine?
9.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brigantine?
28 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 Brigantine work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (26%, 5 mi), Egg Harbor Township (6%, 13 mi), Galloway Township (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brigantine walkable?
Brigantine is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brigantine without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 68% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brigantine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brigantine
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.