Photo: Mpftmead at English Wikipedia · Public domainMost of Manchester Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns. 5,555 jobs are based in Manchester Township, against 16,751 working residents. Manchester Township grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Manchester Township apart on work
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Manchester Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Manchester Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #438 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Manchester Township’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Manchester Township could be anywhere from C to B−.
The kinds of work in Manchester Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manchester Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,727 → 5,555. 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 Manchester Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Manchester Township on a workday
On a workday 15,667 residents head out to work, 1,084 work right here, and 4,471 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35,000 people are in Manchester Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
11% of working residents work in Toms River Township
Where Manchester Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
From Manchester Township, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manchester Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,189 commuters (the 12% 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 Manchester Township
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
For most of Manchester Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manchester Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #428 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Manchester 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 14,942 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). 10.0% of Manchester Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Manchester Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 33,000 to 63,000, Manchester Township ranks 761st of 923 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 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
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| 42 | Marlboro Township NJ | 42,254 | $186K | 3.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Bridgewater Township NJ | 46,455 | $173K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Wayne Township NJ | 54,819 | $153K | 3.4% | 4.9% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 759 | Panama City FL | 37,806 | $62K | 17.6% | 4.5% | 39% | C |
| 760 | Stonecrest GA | 61,337 | $65K | 16.7% | 8.6% | 5% | C |
| 761 | Manchester Township NJ | 46,556 | $57K | 10.5% | 7.3% | 6% | C |
| 762 | Charleston WV | 46,117 | $66K | 15.8% | 6.5% | 49% | C |
| 763 | Florence-Graham CA | 60,690 | $65K | 20.1% | 9.2% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 923 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Manchester Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
14% of Manchester Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Toms River Township (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manchester Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Township | – | C | C+ | 33 min | $56,885 |
| Toms River Township | 11% | A− | B | 30 min | $99,547 |
| Lacey Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 32 min | $102,624 |
| Jackson Township | 3% | A− | B− | 33 min | $115,511 |
| Holiday City-Berkeley | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Plumsted Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 32 min | $103,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Holiday City-Berkeley: 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 Manchester 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 Manchester Township: questions
What is the median household income in Manchester Township?
$56,885 (±$4,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manchester Township?
10.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manchester Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manchester Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toms River Township (11%, 11 mi), Lakewood Township (8%, 12 mi), New York City (3%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Manchester Township walkable?
Manchester Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manchester Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manchester Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manchester 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.