Photo: Dorian Wallender from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Unemployment in Neptune Township (8.2%) is higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. For jobs and income Neptune Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (A). Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Neptune Township apart on work
Neptune Township trades workers with the towns around it
Neptune Township has about as many jobs (12,892) as working residents (13,613), but they are mostly different people: 12,195 residents leave for work each day while 11,474 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Neptune Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Neptune Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Wall Township, gets only 6% of working residents, and 57% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Neptune Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Neptune Township draws workers from far and wide
The 12,892 jobs in Neptune Township are filled from a wide area. Neptune Township’s own residents hold 11% and the ten next-biggest home towns 30%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Neptune Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 38 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.
How Neptune Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Neptune Township’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Neptune Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
A workday in Neptune Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 12,195 residents head out to work, 1,418 work right here, and 11,474 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 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.
6% of working residents work in Wall Township
Where Neptune Township clocks in
6% 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.
Neptune Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Neptune Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,850 commuters (the 15% 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.
67% of the jobs in Neptune Township pay over $3,333 a month
12,892 jobs are based in Neptune Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neptune Township, 2013 → 2023: 13,017 → 12,892. 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 Neptune Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Neptune Township, by distance
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Neptune Township
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,892 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 67% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 7.0% of Neptune Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Neptune Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
836th of 1,409: where Neptune Township ranks among U.S. towns of 20,000 to 38,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 19 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Westfield NJ | 32,595 | $233K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Cranford Township NJ | 24,725 | $156K | 2.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 834 | Meadowbrook VA | 20,749 | $86K | 12.4% | 5.3% | 2% | B |
| 835 | Hialeah Gardens FL | 22,777 | $65K | 13.5% | 3.7% | 4% | B |
| 836 | Neptune Township NJ | 28,273 | $101K | 10.4% | 8.2% | 10% | B |
| 837 | Crete Township IL | 23,439 | $80K | 9.0% | 6.2% | 6% | B |
| 838 | SeaTac WA | 34,578 | $81K | 9.3% | 7.0% | 16% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Neptune Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
17% of Neptune Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Wall Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Neptune Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune Township | – | B | A | 26 min | $101,017 |
| Wall Township | 6% | A | A− | 27 min | $142,768 |
| Neptune City | under 3% | B− | A− | 24 min | $88,864 |
| Belmar | under 3% | B | A+ | 32 min | $93,573 |
| Tinton Falls | 4% | A− | A | 30 min | $117,308 |
| Asbury Park | 4% | C+ | A+ | 26 min | $75,544 |
| Bradley Beach | under 3% | A | A+ | 30 min | $97,005 |
| Ocean Township | 3% | B+ | A | 26 min | $108,626 |
| Avon-by-the-Sea | under 3% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $122,635 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Neptune 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 Neptune Township: questions
What is the median household income in Neptune Township?
$101,017 (±$6,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neptune Township?
10.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neptune Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neptune Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wall Township (6%, 4 mi), New York City (5%, 32 mi), Tinton Falls (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Neptune Township walkable?
Neptune Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Neptune Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Neptune Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neptune 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.