Work & commute · Avalon

Work & commute in Avalon, NJ

Most working residents leave Avalon for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Stone Harbor (7%), Middle (7%) and Philadelphia (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

64 of 352 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 288 Avalon residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 836 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avalon.

288live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

836work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avalon goes to work

Avalon (in town)right here

18%64

Stone Harbor3.6 mi away

7%26

Middle5.5 mi away

7%25

Philadelphia, PA67.1 mi away

3%11

Trenton78.6 mi away

3%9

Lower11.8 mi away

3%9

Egg Harbor21.3 mi away

2%8

Ocean City14.5 mi away

2%7

Atlantic City25.2 mi away

2%7

Wildwood8.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%180

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

How far

How far Avalon commutes

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

36%

13%

42%

36%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avalon is a job hub

2.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Avalon are

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

Jobs based in Avalon

900 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Avalon residents hold

352 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+20%

Jobs based in Avalon, 2013 → 2023: 753 → 900. 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.