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 3.0Most of Plumsted Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Plumsted Township report 1,260 jobs for 3,637 working residents. The two grades for Plumsted Township are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Plumsted Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Plumsted Township stands out on work
Where Plumsted Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Plumsted Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #329 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Plumsted Township’s grade up ($103,625, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Plumsted Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
5% of working residents work in Hamilton Township
Where Plumsted Township clocks in
5% 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.
Plumsted Township by day and by night
On a workday 3,386 residents head out to work, 251 work right here, and 1,009 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Plumsted Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
What Plumsted Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plumsted Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,224 → 1,260. 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 Plumsted Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Plumsted Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plumsted Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,151 commuters (the 10% 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 Plumsted Township
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.
In Plumsted Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plumsted Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #445 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% 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 4,619 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 25% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 2.0% of Plumsted Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Plumsted Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Plumsted Township is 1,181st of 2,744 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 13,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 21 | Oradell NJ | 8,293 | $221K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,179 | North Branch MN | 12,398 | $90K | 7.7% | 4.1% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,180 | Milton WA | 8,911 | $97K | 10.2% | 5.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,181 | Plumsted Township NJ | 9,991 | $104K | 6.8% | 6.7% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,182 | Moorefield Township OH | 12,578 | $86K | 7.6% | 4.1% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,183 | Xenia Township OH | 7,320 | $95K | 4.8% | 6.8% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,744 | 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 Plumsted Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Plumsted Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Jackson Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plumsted Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumsted Township | – | B+ | C | 32 min | $103,625 |
| Jackson Township | 5% | A− | B− | 33 min | $115,511 |
| New Hanover Township | under 2% | A+ | A | 13 min | $107,292 |
| North Hanover Township | under 2% | B | B | 24 min | $86,683 |
| Manchester Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 33 min | $56,885 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Plumsted 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 Plumsted Township: questions
What is the median household income in Plumsted Township?
$103,625 (±$19,914) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plumsted Township?
6.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plumsted Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plumsted Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton Township (5%, 15 mi), Jackson Township (5%, 7 mi), Freehold Township (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Plumsted Township walkable?
Plumsted Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plumsted Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plumsted Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plumsted 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.