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 3.0Pemberton has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
170 jobs are based in Pemberton for 751 working residents. Pemberton grades B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pemberton at work: what stands out
Pemberton is a place people come home to
There are 170 jobs based in Pemberton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pemberton has about 830 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pemberton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pemberton is Philadelphia, PA, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (62) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 751 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Pemberton
On income, poverty and job access, Pemberton is better than 67% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Pemberton’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (8.1%) is left out: Pemberton’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, Pemberton could be anywhere from B to A−.
Who works in Pemberton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 747 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Pemberton on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
The commute from Pemberton, 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.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Pemberton clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
What Pemberton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pemberton, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 170. 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 Pemberton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pemberton’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pemberton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 496 commuters (the 16% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Pemberton
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pemberton is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Pemberton 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 589 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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 Pemberton households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Pemberton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pemberton places 1,191st of 5,877 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Allentown NJ | 1,741 | $121K | 4.4% | 3.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,189 | Fritch TX | 1,751 | $89K | 5.2% | 2.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,190 | Blue Ridge Township IL | 1,379 | $87K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,191 | Pemberton NJ | 1,406 | $91K | 14.5% | 8.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,192 | New Hartford NY | 1,842 | $83K | 9.5% | 2.6% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,193 | Palmyra WI | 1,720 | $86K | 11.4% | 3.2% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Pemberton, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
How Pemberton compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pemberton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pemberton | – | B+ | A | 30 min | $90,899 |
| Pemberton Heights | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pemberton Heights: 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 Pemberton’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 Pemberton: questions
What is the median household income in Pemberton?
$90,899 (±$3,958) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pemberton?
14.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pemberton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pemberton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 24 mi), Pemberton Township (6%, 4 mi), Trenton (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pemberton walkable?
Pemberton is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pemberton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pemberton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pemberton
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.