Photo: Smallbones · Public domainAt 8.5%, unemployment in Weymouth Township is higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 33 minutes each way (New Jersey 31, U.S. 26). The two grades for Weymouth Township are C for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 3% stay in Weymouth Township for work; outside it, Atlantic City is the main destination (8%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Weymouth Township, in brief
The figures behind Weymouth Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Weymouth Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #453 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Weymouth Township’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Weymouth Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who leaves Weymouth Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,143 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Weymouth Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Weymouth Township work
Where Weymouth Township clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Weymouth Township makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods
256 jobs are based in Weymouth Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weymouth Township, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 256. 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 Weymouth Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weymouth Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 822 commuters (the 12% 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 many miles Weymouth Township commutes
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Weymouth Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Weymouth Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #463 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 934 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 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). 5.2% of Weymouth Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Weymouth Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Weymouth Township ranks: 3,599th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Woodbury Heights NJ | 3,162 | $123K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,597 | Lincolnville ME | 2,433 | $82K | 11.8% | 7.1% | 5% | C |
| 3,598 | Duck Creek Township MO | 3,016 | $51K | 13.7% | 2.9% | 25% | C |
| 3,599 | Weymouth Township NJ | 2,751 | $72K | 16.7% | 8.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,600 | Lake Luzerne NY | 3,067 | $47K | 33.4% | 1.3% | 11% | C |
| 3,601 | The Plains OH | 2,748 | $60K | 19.0% | 4.1% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Weymouth Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Weymouth Township and its neighbors: 10% work next door
The biggest share goes to Hamilton Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weymouth Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weymouth Township | – | C | D | 33 min | $72,459 |
| Estell Manor | 3% | A− | D | 31 min | $97,318 |
| Maurice River Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 29 min | $76,964 |
| Hamilton Township | 7% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $78,850 |
| Mays Landing | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mays Landing: 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 Weymouth 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 Weymouth Township: questions
What is the median household income in Weymouth Township?
$72,459 (±$13,306) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weymouth Township?
16.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weymouth Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weymouth Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (8%, 20 mi), Hamilton Township (7%, 8 mi), Egg Harbor Township (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weymouth Township walkable?
Weymouth Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weymouth 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 Weymouth Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weymouth 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.