Work & commute · Commercial

Work & commute in Commercial, NJ

Most working residents leave Commercial for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Vineland (17%), Millville (14%) and Bridgeton (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 1,764 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,671 Commercial residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Commercial.

1,671live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Commercial goes to work

Vineland14.1 mi away

17%308

Millville8.7 mi away

14%252

Commercial (in town)right here

5%93

Bridgeton15.1 mi away

4%67

Trenton67.9 mi away

3%48

Middle16.1 mi away

2%44

Upper Deerfield18.5 mi away

1%26

Dennis12.6 mi away

1%25

Maurice River5.8 mi away

1%22

Atlantic City32.5 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%859

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

How far

How far Commercial commutes

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

24%

36%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Commercial is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Commercial are

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

Jobs based in Commercial

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Commercial residents hold

1,764 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−2%

Jobs based in Commercial, 2013 → 2023: 382 → 373. 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.