Ensley-Mount-Buckalew House · Photo: Rickyrab at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Jamesburg are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
25% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across New Jersey. Below the poverty line: 2.8% of residents, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. Jobs and income earn Jamesburg A; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Jamesburg apart on work
Commutes from Jamesburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Jamesburg’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Jamesburg is New York City, NY, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (269) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Jamesburg works from home
25% of Jamesburg workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Jamesburg is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
Inside Jamesburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jamesburg is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #72 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jamesburg could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The trip to work from Jamesburg: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jamesburg workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,399 commuters (the 25% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Jamesburg
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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Jamesburg
1,964 jobs are based in Jamesburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jamesburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,165 → 1,964. 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 Jamesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Jamesburg for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,852 residents head out to work, 141 work right here, and 1,823 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Jamesburg on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
9% of working residents work in New York City
Where Jamesburg clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
In Jamesburg, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jamesburg is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #239 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Jamesburg 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 3,188 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). 4.4% of Jamesburg households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Jamesburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Jamesburg is 246th among 3,432 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 244 | Pelham Manor NY | 5,631 | $250K | 2.5% | 5.2% | 5% | A |
| 245 | Villa Park CA | 5,645 | $202K | 7.8% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| 246 | Jamesburg NJ | 5,819 | $111K | 2.8% | 3.5% | 5% | A |
| 247 | Haddon Heights NJ | 7,609 | $133K | 2.5% | 4.5% | 6% | A |
| 248 | Harrington Park NJ | 5,052 | $181K | 6.8% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Jamesburg, 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 Jamesburg: questions
What is the median household income in Jamesburg?
$110,972 (±$23,717) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jamesburg?
2.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jamesburg?
22 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jamesburg work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (9%, 34 mi), Monroe Township (6%, 2 mi), South Brunswick Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jamesburg walkable?
Jamesburg is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jamesburg without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jamesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jamesburg
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.