Photo: User:Ekem · Public domainGreen Brook Township ranks among the highest-earning U.S. towns by household income
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Poverty touches 6.0% of residents, against 9.7% across New Jersey. For jobs and income Green Brook Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Green Brook Township
Green Brook Township trades workers with the towns around it
Green Brook Township has about as many jobs (3,868) as working residents (3,625), but they are mostly different people: 3,461 residents leave for work each day while 3,704 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Green Brook Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Green Brook Township’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 7% of working residents, and 67% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Green Brook Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Green Brook Township
73% of Green Brook Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Green Brook Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Green Brook Township
Household income holds Green Brook Township’s grade up ($208,375, 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green Brook Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Green Brook Township by day and by night
On a workday 3,461 residents head out to work, 164 work right here, and 3,704 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in New York City
Where Green Brook Township clocks in
7% 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 Green Brook Township’s employers do
3,868 jobs are based in Green Brook Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Brook Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,214 → 3,868. 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 Green Brook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Green Brook Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Brook Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,226 commuters (the 21% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Green Brook Township
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 Green Brook Township, walking beats the bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.1% 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 4,081 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 2.2% of Green Brook Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Green Brook Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Green Brook Township ranks: 609th of 3,083 U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 607 | Harrisville UT | 7,154 | $89K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| 608 | Upper Freehold Township NJ | 7,251 | $184K | 2.2% | 6.3% | 5% | A |
| 609 | Green Brook Township NJ | 7,410 | $208K | 6.0% | 5.7% | 5% | A |
| 610 | Chartiers Township PA | 9,302 | $100K | 4.4% | 3.5% | 7% | A |
| 611 | Grant-Valkaria FL | 5,982 | $120K | 6.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,083 | 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 Green Brook Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Green Brook Township
The biggest share goes to Bridgewater Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Brook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Brook Township | – | A | A | 30 min | $208,375 |
| Middlesex | under 3% | A− | A− | 26 min | $105,000 |
| Dunellen | under 3% | B− | A | 32 min | $86,967 |
| Watchung | under 3% | A | A | 34 min | $173,672 |
| Plainfield | under 3% | B− | A+ | 30 min | $85,908 |
| North Plainfield | under 3% | B− | A | 31 min | $87,349 |
| Warren Township | 3% | A+ | A− | 33 min | $204,063 |
| Martinsville | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Bridgewater Township | 4% | A | A− | 31 min | $172,851 |
Same-state neighbors only. Martinsville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green Brook 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 Green Brook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Green Brook Township?
$208,375 (±$44,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Brook Township?
6.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Brook Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Brook Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (7%, 29 mi), Bridgewater Township (4%, 6 mi), Warren Township (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Brook Township walkable?
Green Brook Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Brook Township without a car?
4% 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 Green Brook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Brook 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.