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 4.0Most of Farmingdale commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
347 jobs are based in Farmingdale; 905 of its residents have a job. Farmingdale grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 3% stay in Farmingdale for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (8%, 34 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 Farmingdale
Farmingdale’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Farmingdale is New York City, NY, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (69) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Farmingdale than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Farmingdale fell from 501 in 2013 to 347 in 2023, −31%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Farmingdale are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 905 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Farmingdale’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Farmingdale is better than 88% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($89,327, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (11.2%) is left out: Farmingdale’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Farmingdale could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where in the region Farmingdale works
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.
The kinds of work in Farmingdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farmingdale, 2013 → 2023: 501 → 347. 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 Farmingdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Farmingdale: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farmingdale workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 622 commuters (the 11% 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.
Who works in Farmingdale, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 880 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Farmingdale on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The towns that employ Farmingdale’s residents
Where Farmingdale clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Driving is how Farmingdale gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Farmingdale is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Farmingdale 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 700 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% 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). 5.9% of Farmingdale households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Farmingdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000, Farmingdale ranks 336th of 5,397 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Oldmans Township NJ | 1,954 | $113K | 3.2% | 11.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 334 | Lakeside City TX | 1,307 | $114K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1% | A |
| 335 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| 336 | Farmingdale NJ | 1,502 | $89K | 5.7% | 11.2% | 3% | A |
| 337 | Bayou Vista TX | 1,755 | $120K | 7.6% | 4.5% | <1% | A |
| 338 | Rockvale Township IL | 1,767 | $125K | 2.5% | 9.3% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Farmingdale, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
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 Farmingdale: questions
What is the median household income in Farmingdale?
$89,327 (±$20,900) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farmingdale?
5.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farmingdale?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farmingdale work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (8%, 34 mi), Howell Township (6%, 2 mi), Wall Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Farmingdale walkable?
Farmingdale is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Farmingdale without a car?
<1% 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 Farmingdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farmingdale
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.