Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Pottersville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
22% of workers work from home (New Jersey 17%). Employers in Pottersville report 17 jobs, and 173 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Pottersville; the top destination outside it is New York City (5%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Pottersville
On a workday 173 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 89 people are in Pottersville on a workday afternoon, 64% 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.
Where Pottersville goes to work
Where Pottersville clocks in
5% 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.
Pottersville is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pottersville, 2014 → 2024: 67 → 17. 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 Pottersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pottersville
of Pottersville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 145 commuters (the 22% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pottersville
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.
Pottersville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bedminster Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pottersville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pottersville | – | — | — | — | $171,801 |
| Bedminster Township | 4% | A | A− | 33 min | $123,709 |
| Chester Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $241,856 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | A | C | 35 min | $165,651 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pottersville’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 Pottersville: questions
What is the median household income in Pottersville?
$171,801 (±$72,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pottersville?
1.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pottersville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (5%, 41 mi), Bridgewater Township (5%, 10 mi), Tewksbury Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pottersville without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pottersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pottersville
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.