These 40 Towns Could Suffer The Most In NJ Transit Strike

Talks will continue Friday and probably into the weekend, but reality is starting to set in:

NJ Transit rail service is set to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday.

Here's one thing to keep in mind: Even those who don't have a train station in their communities will feel the effects.

From 20-mile highway backups to the second largest East Coast oil refinery being shut down, a work stoppage at NJ Transit could be crippling to ALL New Jersey - north, central and south.

Patch has the list of the 40 towns that could suffer the most - and the least - if the NJ Transit rail strike happens (see lists below).

To determine the rankings, Obrella, a website designed to help provide consumers find insurance coverage, analyzed traffic data from the 2013 survey released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Only New Jersey cities whose population exceeded 10,000 were considered. Analysts sorted cities by average commute time and used other available data points to help visualize the breakdown of commute types and commute lengths.

Here is the list, with their average commute time by minutes:

1. Vernon 52.7
2. Manalapan 51.8
3. Old Bridge 46.7
4. Sparta 46.6
5. West Milford 45.5
6. Wantage 45.4
7. Freehold Township 45.3
8. Millstone 45.2
9. Hopatcong 45.1
10. East Brunswick 44.8
11. Howell 43.6
12. Princeton Meadows 43.5
13. Middletown 43.4
14. Hazlet 42.6
15. Mount Olive 41.4
16. Jefferson 41
17. Plainsboro 40.9
18. Holmdel 40.6
19. Colts Neck 40.5
20. Aberdeen 40.4
21. Tenafly 40.3
22. Jackson 40.2
23. Ringwood 39.9
24. Sayreville 39.6
25. South Brunswick 39.5
26. Readington 39.4
27. Montgomery 39.2
28. Chatham 39.1
29. Little Egg Harbor 39
30. Winslow 38.9
31. Westfield 38.5
32. East Windsor 38.1
33. Scotch Plains 37.8
34. Roxbury 37.7
35. Berkeley 37. 6
36. Teaneck 37. 6
37. Lacey 37.5
38. Barnegat 37.4
39. Cliffside Park 37.3
40. Clinton Township 37.2

Here are the 40 towns with the best commuting times:

1. Totowa 22.6
2. Middle Township 22.9
3. Gloucester City 23.4
4. Pleasantville 23.8
5. Millville 24
6. Somers Point 24.2
7. Ewing Township 24.3
8. Vineland 24.6
9. Pennsville Township 24.6
10. Dover 24.6
11. Manville 25
12. Bellmawr 25
13. Somerville 25.1
14. Egg Harbor Township 25.2
15. Lower Township 25.3
16. Hanover Township 25.4
17. Saddle Brook 25.4
18. Haddon Township 25.4
19. Galloway Township 25.4
20. Woodland Park 25.5
21. Hammonton 25.6
22. Mount Holly 25.6
23. New Brunswick 25.8
24. West Deptford 25.9
25. Eatontown 26
26. Phillipsburg 26
27. Trenton 26.1
28. Brigantine 26.2
29. Maple Shade 26.3
30. Pennsauken 26.3
31. Bridgeton 26.4
32. Morristown 26.4
33. Perth Amboy 26.5
34. Bound Brook 26.6
35. Lodi 26.6
36. Paterson 26.6
37. Middlesex 26.7
38. Woodbury 26.8
39. Clifton 26.8
40. Elmwood Park 27