Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Glen Gardner commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Glen Gardner has 176 jobs; 834 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Glen Gardner are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by household income, Glen Gardner is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Glen Gardner, in brief
Glen Gardner is a place people come home to
There are 176 jobs based in Glen Gardner, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Glen Gardner has about 1,000 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Glen Gardner workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (30 to 35 minutes). 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 834 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Glen Gardner gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glen Gardner is better than 73% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Glen Gardner’s grade up ($101,974, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, 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, Glen Gardner could be anywhere from B− to A.
A workday in Glen Gardner: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 824 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Glen Gardner on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Getting to work from Glen Gardner takes about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Gardner workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 870 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where Glen Gardner goes to work
Where Glen Gardner clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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 Glen Gardner’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Gardner, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 176. 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 Glen Gardner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Glen Gardner 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 commute in Glen Gardner is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glen Gardner is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,013 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 20% 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). 1.8% of Glen Gardner households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Glen Gardner’s commuters take a bus or train.
Glen Gardner next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 993rd of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Oldmans Township NJ | 1,954 | $113K | 3.2% | 11.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 991 | Germantown IL | 1,379 | $92K | 5.4% | 1.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 992 | Kent City MI | 1,395 | $77K | 6.0% | 2.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 993 | Glen Gardner NJ | 1,690 | $102K | 6.4% | 4.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 994 | Scott Township IN | 1,739 | $87K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 995 | White River Township MI | 1,416 | $110K | 4.0% | 1.0% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Glen Gardner, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door to Glen Gardner
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glen Gardner workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Gardner | – | B+ | B− | 40 min | $101,974 |
| Lebanon Township | under 2% | B | B | 30 min | $129,936 |
| Bethlehem Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 35 min | $142,434 |
| Hampton | under 2% | B− | B− | 32 min | $67,222 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glen Gardner’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 Glen Gardner: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Gardner?
$101,974 (±$14,681) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Gardner?
6.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Gardner?
40 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Gardner work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (4%, 11 mi), Readington Township (4%, 12 mi), Clinton Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Glen Gardner walkable?
Glen Gardner is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glen Gardner without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Gardner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Gardner
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.