Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Mannington Township have higher incomes than those in 83% of U.S. towns
Mannington Township grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 4.2% of residents are in poverty, next to 9.7% for New Jersey as a whole. About one in ten work in Mannington Township itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (7%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mannington Township stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Mannington Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mannington Township fell from 1,316 in 2013 to 598 in 2023, −55%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Mannington Township makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Mannington Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mannington Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Mannington Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. 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 793 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Mannington Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Mannington Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Mannington Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Mannington Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mannington Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
A place that makes things: 60% of Mannington Township’s jobs are in goods
598 jobs are based in Mannington Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mannington Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,316 → 598. 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 Mannington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Mannington Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mannington Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 491 commuters (the 24% 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.
Who leaves Mannington Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 719 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 524 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Mannington Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 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.
Where people from Mannington Township work
Where Mannington Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
How far it is to work from Mannington 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.
Getting around Mannington Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mannington Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 642 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 39% 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 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% 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). 0.0% of Mannington Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mannington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Mannington Township ranks 252nd of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 60 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 78 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Oldmans Township NJ | 1,954 | $113K | 3.2% | 11.1% | 5% | A+ |
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| 250 | Crooks SD | 1,415 | $99K | 0.5% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 251 | Midway Township MN | 1,427 | $104K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| 252 | Mannington Township NJ | 1,495 | $109K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 9% | A |
| 253 | Lattingtown NY | 1,881 | $250K | 6.7% | 3.8% | 2% | A |
| 254 | Clarks Green PA | 1,519 | $114K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Mannington Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns next door employ 11% of Mannington Township
The biggest share goes to Salem (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mannington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannington Township | – | A | B+ | 23 min | $109,271 |
| Pennsville Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 24 min | $75,097 |
| Carneys Point Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 26 min | $79,245 |
| Pilesgrove Township | 3% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $158,281 |
| Salem | 6% | D | A | 29 min | $38,721 |
| Quinton Township | 2% | B | C+ | 30 min | $86,563 |
| Alloway Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 31 min | $105,156 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mannington 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 Mannington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mannington Township?
$109,271 (±$45,828) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mannington Township?
4.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mannington Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mannington Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (7%, 31 mi), Salem (6%, 5 mi), Logan Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mannington Township walkable?
Mannington Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mannington Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mannington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mannington 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.