Work & commute · Longport

Work & commute in Longport, NJ

Most working residents leave Longport for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Egg Harbor (12%), Atlantic City (10%) and Linwood (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 401 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 400 Longport residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Longport.

400live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Longport goes to work

Egg Harbor6.6 mi away

12%48

Atlantic City6.1 mi away

10%42

Linwood3.2 mi away

9%38

Somers Point4.3 mi away

6%24

Margate City1.7 mi away

5%20

Galloway12.8 mi away

4%16

Ocean City4.9 mi away

4%15

Northfield4.5 mi away

3%13

Upper11.3 mi away

2%10

Hamilton16.3 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%165

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

How far

How far Longport commutes

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

57%

10%

15%

19%

57%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Longport is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Longport are

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

Jobs based in Longport

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Longport residents hold

401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−56%

Jobs based in Longport, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 31. 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.