Work & commute · Pleasantville

Work & commute in Pleasantville, NJ

Most working residents leave Pleasantville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic City (33%), Egg Harbor (8%) and Galloway (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

670 of 9,315 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 8,645 Pleasantville residents head out of town to work, 670 work right here, and 4,555 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasantville.

8,645live here, work elsewhere

670live and work here

4,555work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasantville goes to work

Atlantic City3.2 mi away

33%3,092

Egg Harbor5.5 mi away

8%752

Pleasantville (in town)right here

7%670

Galloway7.4 mi away

5%451

Hamilton13.8 mi away

2%231

Somers Point7.1 mi away

2%189

Northfield2.6 mi away

2%182

Trenton59.3 mi away

1%132

Bass River18.9 mi away

1%121

Philadelphia, PA54.2 mi away

1%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,381

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

How far

How far Pleasantville commutes

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

62%

14%

17%

62%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasantville is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasantville are

5,225 jobs are based in Pleasantville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasantville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasantville

5,225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pleasantville residents hold

9,315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−17%

Jobs based in Pleasantville, 2013 → 2023: 6,272 → 5,225. 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.