Work & commute · Dennis

Work & commute in Dennis, NJ

Most working residents leave Dennis for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Middle (17%), Upper (5%) and Lower (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

356 of 2,723 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,367 Dennis residents head out of town to work, 356 work right here, and 1,362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dennis.

2,367live here, work elsewhere

356live and work here

1,362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dennis goes to work

Middle7.9 mi away

17%472

Dennis (in town)right here

13%356

Upper6.1 mi away

5%147

Lower16.2 mi away

5%138

Sea Isle City7.3 mi away

4%102

Avalon9.3 mi away

3%86

Atlantic City22.9 mi away

3%69

Egg Harbor16.3 mi away

2%64

Somers Point13.7 mi away

2%61

Stone Harbor11.7 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,176

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

How far

How far Dennis commutes

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

41%

33%

20%

41%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dennis is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dennis are

1,718 jobs are based in Dennis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dennis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dennis

1,718 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Dennis residents hold

2,723 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+16%

Jobs based in Dennis, 2013 → 2023: 1,483 → 1,718. 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.