Moshe Bayuk House · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Pittsgrove Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
2,374 jobs are based in Pittsgrove Township for 4,391 working residents. Pittsgrove Township grades B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pittsgrove Township, in brief
Inside Pittsgrove Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pittsgrove Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #331 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Pittsgrove Township’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pittsgrove Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
70% of the jobs in Pittsgrove Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pittsgrove Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,760 → 2,374. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittsgrove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pittsgrove Township
On a workday 4,101 residents head out to work, 290 work right here, and 2,084 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,000 people are in Pittsgrove Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Vineland
Where Pittsgrove Township clocks in
14% 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.
About 28 minutes each way for Pittsgrove Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pittsgrove Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,820 commuters (the 7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Pittsgrove Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Pittsgrove Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pittsgrove Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #462 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Pittsgrove 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 4,115 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). 5.1% of Pittsgrove Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pittsgrove Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pittsgrove Township next to U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,200: 1,275th of 2,891 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 | 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% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,273 | Newberry Township OH | 6,623 | $72K | 3.8% | 4.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,274 | Rapid Valley SD | 6,975 | $83K | 4.5% | 4.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,275 | Pittsgrove Township NJ | 9,039 | $93K | 8.5% | 5.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,276 | Peru NY | 6,669 | $102K | 8.9% | 1.6% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,277 | Summit Township PA | 7,539 | $74K | 9.8% | 2.3% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,891 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Pittsgrove Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
16% of Pittsgrove Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Vineland (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pittsgrove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsgrove Township | – | B+ | D | 28 min | $92,917 |
| Vineland | 14% | C | A− | 24 min | $67,860 |
| Upper Pittsgrove Township | under 2% | B | A− | 24 min | $85,521 |
| Elmer | under 2% | A− | B | 26 min | $95,357 |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 20 min | $85,094 |
| Upper Deerfield Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 26 min | $82,946 |
| Franklin Township | 2% | B+ | C | 29 min | $110,197 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pittsgrove 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 2024, 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 Pittsgrove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pittsgrove Township?
$92,917 (±$16,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pittsgrove Township?
8.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pittsgrove Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pittsgrove Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (14%, 9 mi), Philadelphia (5%, 32 mi), Bridgeton (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pittsgrove Township walkable?
Pittsgrove Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pittsgrove Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pittsgrove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pittsgrove Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.