Work & commute · Buena Vista

Work & commute in Buena Vista, NJ

Most working residents leave Buena Vista for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Vineland (17%), Atlantic City (5%) and Egg Harbor (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

209 of 2,938 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 2,729 Buena Vista residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 932 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buena Vista.

2,729live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

932work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buena Vista goes to work

Vineland7.1 mi away

17%500

Buena Vista (in town)right here

7%209

Atlantic City24.7 mi away

5%134

Egg Harbor17 mi away

4%113

Hammonton11.8 mi away

4%109

Hamilton7.9 mi away

3%97

Millville12.6 mi away

3%91

Galloway21.7 mi away

3%77

Winslow13.1 mi away

2%59

Trenton49.5 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,491

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

How far

How far Buena Vista commutes

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

27%

40%

19%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buena Vista is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buena Vista are

1,141 jobs are based in Buena Vista. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buena Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buena Vista

1,141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Buena Vista residents hold

2,938 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−27%

Jobs based in Buena Vista, 2013 → 2023: 1,559 → 1,141. 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.