Work & commute · Absecon

Work & commute in Absecon, NJ

Most working residents leave Absecon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic City (29%), Egg Harbor (9%) and Galloway (8%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

208 of 4,159 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,951 Absecon residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 2,187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Absecon.

3,951live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

2,187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Absecon goes to work

Atlantic City3.9 mi away

29%1,209

Egg Harbor7 mi away

9%355

Galloway4.8 mi away

8%349

Absecon (in town)right here

5%208

Hamilton13.6 mi away

4%153

Pleasantville2.6 mi away

3%135

Somers Point9.5 mi away

3%115

Northfield4.8 mi away

2%94

Trenton57.1 mi away

1%57

Philadelphia, PA52.9 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,427

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Absecon commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

64%

10%

17%

64%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Absecon is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Absecon are

2,395 jobs are based in Absecon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Absecon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Absecon

2,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Absecon residents hold

4,159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+3%

Jobs based in Absecon, 2013 → 2023: 2,333 → 2,395. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.