Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Maurice River Township works elsewhere
There are 732 jobs in Maurice River Township; 1,621 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Maurice River Township C−; getting around on foot earns it D−. For 8% of workers, the job is at home, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Maurice River Township in brief
Income, poverty and work: Maurice River Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maurice River Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #460 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Maurice River Township’s grade up ($76,964, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maurice River Township could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Short hops and long hauls from Maurice River Township
About 31% 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.
How a workday changes Maurice River Township
On a workday 1,520 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 631 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Maurice River Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 Vineland
Where Maurice River Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
65% of the jobs in Maurice River Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maurice River Township, 2013 → 2023: 750 → 732. 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 Maurice River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Maurice River Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maurice River Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 937 commuters (the 8% 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.
Most of Maurice River Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maurice River Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #468 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Maurice River 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 1,016 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 5.9% of Maurice River Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Maurice River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Maurice River Township next to U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,500: 3,217th of 3,946 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 6 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,215 | Auburn NE | 3,498 | $58K | 14.1% | 4.1% | 32% | C− |
| 3,216 | Tillamook OR | 5,162 | $58K | 11.8% | 4.8% | 31% | C− |
| 3,217 | Maurice River Township NJ | 4,780 | $77K | 19.0% | 7.1% | 6% | C− |
| 3,218 | Southside AR | 4,274 | $66K | 17.5% | 5.4% | 13% | C− |
| 3,219 | Crystal Springs MS | 4,629 | $49K | 17.5% | 5.5% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,946 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Maurice River Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Maurice River Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Vineland (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maurice River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice River Township | – | C− | D− | 29 min | $76,964 |
| Vineland | 11% | C | A− | 24 min | $67,860 |
| Dennis Township | under 2% | A− | C | 26 min | $105,506 |
| Commercial Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $55,733 |
| Estell Manor | under 2% | A− | D | 31 min | $97,318 |
| Weymouth Township | under 2% | C | D | 33 min | $72,459 |
| Dorothy | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Port Norris | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Millville | 8% | C+ | A | 25 min | $70,275 |
| Buena Vista Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 38 min | $87,581 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dorothy and Port Norris: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maurice River 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 Maurice River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Maurice River Township?
$76,964 (±$25,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maurice River Township?
19.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maurice River Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maurice River Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (11%, 12 mi), Millville (8%, 9 mi), Trenton (5%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maurice River Township walkable?
Maurice River Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maurice River Township without a car?
0% 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 Maurice River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maurice River 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.