Work & commute · Alloway

Work & commute in Alloway, NJ

Most working residents leave Alloway for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (5%), Philadelphia (4%) and Vineland (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

91 of 1,625 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,534 Alloway residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 556 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alloway.

1,534live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

556work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alloway goes to work

Alloway (in town)right here

6%91

Salem8.3 mi away

5%87

Philadelphia, PA32.7 mi away

4%70

Vineland18.3 mi away

4%57

Pilesgrove9.3 mi away

3%49

Bridgeton10.1 mi away

2%40

Carneys Point11.6 mi away

2%39

Upper Pittsgrove6.9 mi away

2%37

Wilmington, DE16.7 mi away

2%34

Woodstown6.4 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%1,089

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

How far

How far Alloway commutes

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

26%

38%

21%

15%

26%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alloway is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alloway are

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

Jobs based in Alloway

647 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Alloway residents hold

1,625 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+3%

Jobs based in Alloway, 2013 → 2023: 628 → 647. 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.