Work & commute · Margate

Work & commute in Margate, NJ

Most working residents leave Margate for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic City (19%), Egg Harbor (6%) and Northfield (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

277 of 1,978 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,701 Margate residents head out of town to work, 277 work right here, and 1,599 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Margate.

1,701live here, work elsewhere

277live and work here

1,599work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Margate goes to work

Atlantic City4.4 mi away

19%373

Margate City (in town)right here

14%277

Egg Harbor6.6 mi away

6%127

Northfield3.9 mi away

4%76

Somers Point5.4 mi away

3%66

Linwood3.5 mi away

3%51

Galloway11.2 mi away

3%51

Pleasantville4 mi away

2%47

Trenton63.2 mi away

2%42

Ventnor City1.5 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%828

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

How far

How far Margate commutes

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

58%

13%

23%

58%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Margate is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Margate are

1,876 jobs are based in Margate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Margate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Margate

1,876 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Margate residents hold

1,978 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+32%

Jobs based in Margate, 2013 → 2023: 1,426 → 1,876. 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.