The Transit Score Index

NJ 2050 TRANSIT MAP

Where New Jersey can support better transit, and where service and investment have not kept up

Transit potential, current service gaps, adopted 2050 growth and the project pipeline, for every one of New Jersey’s 2,175 census tracts. The score combines household density, population density, workplace employment density and the density of households without full access to a car.

Read the NJ 2050 Transit Report →Method, calibration, statewide results and the full 2000–2026 project audit.
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Transit Score — 2024

Share of population in each category. Select a band to hide it.

New Jersey statewide

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NJ TRANSIT rail & light rail

Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to pan. Select a tract, station or project marker for detail. Tract boundaries are generalized for display. Six water-only tracts with no land area are excluded from the index.

Project corridors. Historical rail corridors are shown where a 2000 proposal followed an identifiable rail right-of-way. Projects without mapped corridor geometry are shown as markers.

An independent analysis by Liam Blank, built from public federal and metropolitan planning data. Not affiliated with, produced by or endorsed by NJ TRANSIT or any public agency. Agency documents are cited where they are the source of a fact.

Sources. Population, households and vehicle availability: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates (tables B01003, B25044, B25010, B08141, B08301). Employment: U.S. Census Bureau LEHD LODES8 Workplace Area Characteristics, 2023. Land area, roads, railways, water, boundaries and place names: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024. Municipal populations for label ranking: 2020 Census P.L. 94-171. NJ TRANSIT lines and stations: NJ TRANSIT published rail GTFS feed. Historical project corridors and the Meadowlands Rail Line alignment: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). 2050 forecasts: NJTPA municipal forecasts, DVRPC 2050 v2.1, and SJTPO RTP 2050.