Work & commute · Deerfield

Work & commute in Deerfield, NJ

Most working residents leave Deerfield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Vineland (19%), Bridgeton (8%) and Upper Deerfield (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 1,395 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,322 Deerfield residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 1,214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deerfield.

1,322live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

1,214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deerfield goes to work

Vineland7.2 mi away

19%265

Bridgeton5.6 mi away

8%115

Upper Deerfield5.2 mi away

6%86

Millville6.3 mi away

6%78

Deerfield (in town)right here

5%73

Trenton56.3 mi away

2%34

Pittsgrove5.8 mi away

2%27

Glassboro16.7 mi away

2%23

Egg Harbor28.3 mi away

2%22

Hopewell8 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%654

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

How far

How far Deerfield commutes

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

49%

17%

49%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deerfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Deerfield are

1,287 jobs are based in Deerfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deerfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deerfield

1,287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Deerfield residents hold

1,395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+2%

Jobs based in Deerfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,264 → 1,287. 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.