Work & commute · Egg Harbor

Work & commute in Egg Harbor, NJ

Most working residents leave Egg Harbor for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic City (24%), Galloway (5%) and Somers Point (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

3,356 of 22,810 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,454 Egg Harbor residents head out of town to work, 3,356 work right here, and 14,195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Egg Harbor.

19,454live here, work elsewhere

3,356live and work here

14,195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Egg Harbor goes to work

Atlantic City8.6 mi away

24%5,446

Egg Harbor (in town)right here

15%3,356

Galloway10.7 mi away

5%1,072

Somers Point4.4 mi away

4%906

Hamilton9.7 mi away

4%878

Pleasantville5.5 mi away

3%646

Northfield3.2 mi away

2%569

Ocean City7.7 mi away

2%431

Linwood3.4 mi away

2%386

Trenton58.8 mi away

1%342

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%8,778

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.

52%

18%

14%

16%

52%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Egg Harbor is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Egg Harbor are

17,551 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

17,551 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Egg Harbor residents hold

22,810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+37%

Jobs based in Egg Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 12,823 → 17,551. 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.