Work & commute · Middle

Work & commute in Middle, NJ

About one in 3 of Middle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lower (9%), Wildwood (4%) and Cape May (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

2,393 of 8,210 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 5,817 Middle residents head out of town to work, 2,393 work right here, and 6,827 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middle.

5,817live here, work elsewhere

2,393live and work here

6,827work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middle goes to work

Middle (in town)right here

29%2,393

Lower8.5 mi away

9%773

Wildwood7.4 mi away

4%340

Cape May11 mi away

4%298

Stone Harbor5.2 mi away

2%196

Dennis7.9 mi away

2%183

Atlantic City28.6 mi away

2%181

Avalon5.5 mi away

2%173

Philadelphia, PA65.2 mi away

2%150

Egg Harbor23.3 mi away

2%139

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,384

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

How far

How far Middle commutes

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

53%

11%

26%

53%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Middle are

9,220 jobs are based in Middle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middle

9,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Middle residents hold

8,210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+4%

Jobs based in Middle, 2013 → 2023: 8,889 → 9,220. 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.