Photo: Sk5893 · CC BY 3.0Tuckerton has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Tuckerton is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (B+). Tuckerton has 720 jobs, against 1,675 working residents. Only 5% work in Tuckerton itself; outside it, Stafford Township draws the most (9%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Tuckerton apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Tuckerton
61% of Tuckerton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Tuckerton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Tuckerton than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Tuckerton fell from 962 in 2013 to 720 in 2023, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Tuckerton are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Tuckerton’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
How Tuckerton earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Tuckerton’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tuckerton could be anywhere from C to A−.
Jobs in Tuckerton: what the 720 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tuckerton, 2013 → 2023: 962 → 720. 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 Tuckerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Tuckerton
On a workday 1,599 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 644 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Tuckerton on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Out of Tuckerton to work: where people go
Where Tuckerton clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Tuckerton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tuckerton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,451 commuters (the 19% 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.
How far Tuckerton goes to work
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Few in Tuckerton walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 1,791 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 95% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 44% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 12.1% of Tuckerton households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tuckerton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Tuckerton ranks 2,202nd of 4,318 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,200 | Seward AK | 2,892 | $85K | 9.3% | 2.3% | — | B− |
| 2,201 | Milton DE | 3,860 | $81K | 5.5% | 6.2% | 7% | B− |
| 2,202 | Tuckerton NJ | 3,734 | $89K | 6.7% | 7.4% | 5% | B− |
| 2,203 | Dupo IL | 3,766 | $62K | 8.5% | 6.2% | 7% | B− |
| 2,204 | Muskingum Township OH | 4,249 | $78K | 6.4% | 4.7% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Tuckerton, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
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 Tuckerton: questions
What is the median household income in Tuckerton?
$88,892 (±$15,094) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tuckerton?
6.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tuckerton?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tuckerton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stafford Township (9%, 9 mi), Little Egg Harbor Township (8%, 3 mi), Toms River Township (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tuckerton walkable?
Tuckerton is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tuckerton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 44% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tuckerton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tuckerton
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.