Photo: Tinton5 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Manalapan Township are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Manalapan Township A; getting around on foot earns it A. Below the poverty line: 5.2% of residents (New Jersey 9.7%). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Manalapan Township and work: the main findings
Manalapan Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Manalapan Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Manalapan Township is New York City, NY, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (1,790) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Manalapan Township draws workers from far and wide
The 10,544 jobs in Manalapan Township are filled from a wide area. Manalapan Township’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Manalapan Township
70% of Manalapan Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 52% of the jobs based in Manalapan Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Manalapan Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Manalapan Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #170 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Manalapan Township’s grade up ($152,832, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. 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, Manalapan Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
Time on the road from Manalapan Township: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manalapan Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,045 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.
How far it is to work from Manalapan Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
10% of working residents work in New York City
Where Manalapan Township clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 the 10,544 jobs in Manalapan Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manalapan Township, 2014 → 2024: 8,525 → 10,544. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manalapan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Manalapan Township
On a workday 16,711 residents head out to work, 1,273 work right here, and 9,271 people come in from elsewhere.
About 34,000 people are in Manalapan Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.59 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 2024, primary jobs.
Good to walk, short on transit: Manalapan Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manalapan Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #205 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Manalapan Township 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 19,236 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 48% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 22% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 3.9% of Manalapan Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Manalapan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Manalapan Township next to U.S. towns of 29,000 to 55,000: 242nd of 1,019 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 12 | Westfield NJ | 32,595 | $233K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
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| 45 | Livingston Township NJ | 32,223 | $230K | 2.3% | 4.3% | 9% | A+ |
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| 52 | Marlboro Township NJ | 42,254 | $186K | 3.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 240 | Grove City OH | 45,180 | $93K | 6.4% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
| 241 | Bountiful UT | 44,988 | $105K | 6.9% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| 242 | Manalapan Township NJ | 40,987 | $153K | 5.2% | 5.0% | 7% | A |
| 243 | Sun Prairie WI | 39,227 | $91K | 6.2% | 2.3% | 14% | A |
| 244 | Chelmsford MA | 38,549 | $141K | 4.7% | 5.3% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,019 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Manalapan Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Manalapan Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Marlboro Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manalapan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manalapan Township | – | A | A | 43 min | $152,832 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | A− | A− | 40 min | $107,892 |
| Millstone Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 36 min | $218,472 |
| Marlboro Township | 5% | A+ | A | 41 min | $186,292 |
| Freehold Township | 4% | A | A− | 31 min | $128,643 |
| Robertsville | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Robertsville: 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 Manalapan 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 2024, 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 Manalapan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Manalapan Township?
$152,832 (±$9,543) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manalapan Township?
5.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manalapan Township?
43 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 Manalapan Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (10%, 34 mi), Marlboro Township (5%, 6 mi), Freehold Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Manalapan Township walkable?
Manalapan Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manalapan Township without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 22% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manalapan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manalapan Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.