Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Manville commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Manville is better than 77% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (B+). Manville has 1,722 jobs, against 5,516 working residents. Only 4% work in Manville itself; outside it, Bridgewater Township draws the most (7%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Manville at work: what stands out
No single place dominates Manville’s commute
The biggest draw, Bridgewater Township, gets only 7% of working residents, and 58% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Manville residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Manville empties out on a workday
About 7,100 people are in Manville on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than the 11,000 who live here: 5,300 head out to work and 1,500 come in. Day and night ↓
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 Manville
Job access by car holds Manville’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Manville could be anywhere from B− to A.
The towns that employ Manville’s residents
Where Manville clocks in
7% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Manville
On a workday 5,289 residents head out to work, 227 work right here, and 1,495 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Manville on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
What Manville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manville, 2013 → 2023: 1,771 → 1,722. 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 Manville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Manville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,165 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 Manville
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.
Few in Manville walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% 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 5,841 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). 6.3% of Manville households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Manville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Manville ranks 844th of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 21 | Oradell NJ | 8,293 | $221K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 842 | Dacula GA | 9,373 | $101K | 6.6% | 4.8% | 2% | A− |
| 843 | Oak Brook IL | 8,108 | $176K | 6.6% | 10.0% | 7% | A− |
| 844 | Manville NJ | 10,932 | $93K | 11.7% | 3.1% | 4% | A− |
| 845 | Duvall WA | 9,440 | $197K | 12.8% | 2.5% | 7% | A− |
| 846 | Meridianville AL | 11,150 | $97K | 4.9% | 4.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Manville, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Manville’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manville | – | A− | B+ | 28 min | $93,333 |
| Bridgewater Township | 7% | A | A− | 31 min | $172,851 |
| Hillsborough Township | 6% | A | B− | 33 min | $154,031 |
| Finderne | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Franklin Township | 6% | A | A− | 34 min | $124,648 |
| Zarephath | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Weston | under 2% | — | — | 56 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Finderne, Zarephath and Weston: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bridgewater Township. Darker towns draw more of Manville’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 Manville: questions
What is the median household income in Manville?
$93,333 (±$24,282) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manville?
11.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manville?
28 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 Manville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgewater Township (7%, 4 mi), Franklin Township (6%, 5 mi), Hillsborough Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Manville walkable?
Manville is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manville
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.