Photo: Smallbones · Public domainPitman has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
1,608 jobs are based in Pitman for 4,601 working residents. Pitman grades A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pitman: the figures worth knowing
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Pitman
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pitman is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #203 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate holds Pitman’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pitman could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who leaves Pitman for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,309 residents head out to work, 292 work right here, and 1,316 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Pitman on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
10% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Pitman clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 Pitman’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pitman, 2013 → 2023: 1,793 → 1,608. 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 Pitman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Pitman spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pitman workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,931 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.
Half of Pitman commutes less than 15 miles
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: Pitman
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pitman is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #297 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% 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 4,652 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, 33% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 3.8% of Pitman households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pitman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pitman is 674th among 2,862 U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 10 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
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| 18 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 672 | West Donegal Township PA | 9,182 | $90K | 6.1% | 2.7% | 10% | A− |
| 673 | Highland IL | 10,042 | $83K | 6.0% | 1.0% | 23% | A− |
| 674 | Pitman NJ | 8,961 | $98K | 3.1% | 5.4% | 6% | A− |
| 675 | Mendon MA | 6,479 | $132K | 7.1% | 4.1% | 8% | A− |
| 676 | Sagamore Hills Township OH | 10,868 | $91K | 8.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Pitman, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
11% of Pitman works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pitman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitman | – | A− | A− | 29 min | $98,489 |
| Washington Township | 5% | A | B+ | 29 min | $114,249 |
| Mantua Township | 3% | A | B+ | 27 min | $121,875 |
| Glassboro | 3% | B− | A+ | 28 min | $87,278 |
| Richwood | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richwood: 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 Pitman’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 Pitman: questions
What is the median household income in Pitman?
$98,489 (±$6,248) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pitman?
3.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pitman?
29 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 Pitman work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (10%, 19 mi), Washington Township (5%, 3 mi), Deptford Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pitman walkable?
Pitman is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 14.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pitman without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 33% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pitman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pitman
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.