Work & commute · Northfield

Work & commute in Northfield, NJ

Most working residents leave Northfield for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic City (21%), Egg Harbor (9%) and Somers Point (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

416 of 4,360 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,944 Northfield residents head out of town to work, 416 work right here, and 3,328 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northfield.

3,944live here, work elsewhere

416live and work here

3,328work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northfield goes to work

Atlantic City5.5 mi away

21%911

Northfield (in town)right here

10%416

Egg Harbor3.2 mi away

9%395

Somers Point4.8 mi away

5%233

Hamilton12.3 mi away

4%180

Galloway9.2 mi away

4%177

Linwood2.2 mi away

3%135

Pleasantville2.6 mi away

3%116

Ocean City7.6 mi away

2%93

Margate City3.9 mi away

2%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,619

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

How far

How far Northfield commutes

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

63%

14%

16%

63%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Northfield are

3,744 jobs are based in Northfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northfield

3,744 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Northfield residents hold

4,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+9%

Jobs based in Northfield, 2013 → 2023: 3,433 → 3,744. 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.