Work & commute · Egg Harbor

Work & commute in Egg Harbor, NJ

Most working residents leave Egg Harbor for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic City (19%), Galloway (9%) and Hamilton (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

100 of 2,006 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,906 Egg Harbor residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 1,615 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Egg Harbor.

1,906live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

1,615work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Egg Harbor goes to work

Atlantic City15.1 mi away

19%382

Galloway8.2 mi away

9%180

Hamilton9.5 mi away

7%136

Egg Harbor12.8 mi away

6%125

Egg Harbor City (in town)right here

5%100

Hammonton11.3 mi away

3%56

Northfield13.4 mi away

2%48

Pleasantville13 mi away

2%46

Vineland22.5 mi away

2%43

Somers Point17.1 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%849

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

How far

How far Egg Harbor commutes

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

26%

45%

17%

12%

26%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Egg Harbor is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Egg Harbor are

1,715 jobs are based in Egg Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Egg Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Egg Harbor

1,715 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Egg Harbor residents hold

2,006 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+31%

Jobs based in Egg Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 1,313 → 1,715. 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.