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Work & commute · Elk

Work & commute in Elk, NJ

Most working residents leave Elk for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (6%), Camden (4%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
112 of 2,207 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,095 Elk residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk.

2,095live here, work elsewhere
112live and work here
791work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elk goes to work

BridgetonClaytonCamdenGlassboroVinelandPhiladelphiaWashingtonMonroeCherry HillFranklinDeptfordHarrisonSouth HarrisonGloucesterElkUpper PittsgrovePhiladelphiaCamdenWashingtonVinelandHarrisonGlassboroCherry HillFranklinDeptfordElk
1
Philadelphia, PA24 mi away
6%138
2
Elk (in town)right here
5%112
3
Camden19.1 mi away
4%96
4
Washington7.5 mi away
4%95
5
Vineland16.1 mi away
4%84
6
Harrison5.1 mi away
4%80
7
Glassboro3.5 mi away
3%76
8
Cherry Hill18.7 mi away
3%63
9
Franklin8.5 mi away
3%59
10
Deptford10.9 mi away
3%56
Everywhere elseother towns and states
61%1,348

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

How far

How far Elk commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
49%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elk is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk are

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

Jobs based in Elk

903 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)65%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)30%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Elk residents hold

2,207 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+49%

Jobs based in Elk, 2013 → 2023: 605 → 903. 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.

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