Work & commute · New Hanover

Work & commute in New Hanover, NJ

Most working residents leave New Hanover for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), New York (4%) and Trenton (2%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 1,314 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,298 New Hanover residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 1,154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Hanover.

1,298live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

1,154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Hanover goes to work

Philadelphia, PA29.5 mi away

8%99

New York, NY56 mi away

4%50

Trenton17.6 mi away

2%28

Newark53.5 mi away

2%27

Hamilton14.3 mi away

2%26

New Brunswick33.4 mi away

2%20

Lakewood20.4 mi away

1%17

Edison35.9 mi away

1%17

New Hanover (in town)right here

1%16

Pemberton4.1 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

76%998

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

How far

How far New Hanover commutes

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

24%

41%

29%

6%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Hanover is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Hanover are

1,170 jobs are based in New Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Hanover

1,170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs New Hanover residents hold

1,314 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−38%

Jobs based in New Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 1,891 → 1,170. 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.