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Work & commute in Dennisville · A commuter town

97% of Dennisville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Dennisville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Middle (15%), Dennis (14%) and Upper (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Work in town
3%
11 of 347 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
27 min
Less than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
8%
Less than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
144
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Dennisville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

15% of working residents work in Middle

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Sea Isle City: 6 residents work here (2%)Cape May: 8 residents work here (2%)Avalon: 10 residents work here (3%)Woodbine: 12 residents work here (3%)MillvilleVineland: 13 residents work here (4%)Dennis: 50 residents work here (14%)Lower: 19 residents work here (5%)Middle: 52 residents work here (15%)Upper: 21 residents work here (6%)GloucesterGallowayCommercialEgg Harbor: 10 residents work here (3%)DennisvilleMiddleDennisUpperLowerVinelandWoodbineDennisville
1
Middle7.9 mi away
15%52
2
Dennis0 mi away
14%50
3
Upper6.1 mi away
6%21
4
Lower16.2 mi away
5%19
5
Vineland20.3 mi away
4%13
6
Woodbine1.6 mi away
3%12
7
Avalon9.3 mi away
3%10
8
Egg Harbor16.3 mi away
3%10
9
Cape May18.8 mi away
2%8
10
Sea Isle City7.3 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%146
The top trips

Where Dennisville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

17% of Dennisville works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Dennis (14%). Darker towns draw more of Dennisville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Woodbine25 min
Dennis26 min
Dennisville27 min
Day and night

Dennisville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 336 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.

336live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
133work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night740
Workday530
740live here− 340head out to work+ 130come in to work= 530on a workday

About 530 people are in Dennisville on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.41jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Dennisville commutes less than 14 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miMiddle: 15% · 7.9 miUpper: 6% · 6.1 miLower: 5% · 16.2 miVineland: 4% · 20.3 miWoodbine: 3% · 1.6 miAvalon: 3% · 9.3 miEgg Harbor: 3% · 16.3 miCape May: 2% · 18.8 miSea Isle City: 2% · 7.3 miMiddle 15%Upper 6%Lower 5%Vineland 4%Woodbine 3%Dennisville
DennisvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi142 residents
34%10–24 mi119 residents
5%25–50 mi16 residents
20%Over 50 mi70 residents

About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Dennisville makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in DennisvilleJobs Dennisville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms40%15%
Trade, transport & utilities19%23%
Services: health, schools, offices42%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%31%
Over $3,333 a month52%56%

Who does it

29 or younger26%19%
30 to 5453%49%
55 and older20%32%
−39%

Jobs based in Dennisville, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 144. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
208 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Dennisville27 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Dennisville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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