Work & commute · Lower

Work & commute in Lower, NJ

About one in 4 of Lower’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Middle (17%), Cape May (8%) and Wildwood (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

2,062 of 9,010 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,948 Lower residents head out of town to work, 2,062 work right here, and 2,620 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower.

6,948live here, work elsewhere

2,062live and work here

2,620work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower goes to work

Lower (in town)right here

23%2,062

Middle8.5 mi away

17%1,539

Cape May3 mi away

8%747

Wildwood5 mi away

4%383

Atlantic City36.7 mi away

2%194

Philadelphia, PA71.8 mi away

2%175

Vineland33.6 mi away

1%135

Egg Harbor31.7 mi away

1%134

Trenton86 mi away

1%133

Wildwood Crest4.1 mi away

1%128

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%3,380

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

How far

How far Lower commutes

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

55%

12%

26%

55%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower are

4,682 jobs are based in Lower. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower

4,682 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lower residents hold

9,010 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+26%

Jobs based in Lower, 2013 → 2023: 3,724 → 4,682. 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.