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Work & commute in Richland · A commuter town

99% of Richland’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Richland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Vineland (20%), Buena Vista (9%) and Hammonton (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
1%
2 of 255 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
19 min
Less than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
19%
More than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
188
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Richland?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

20% of working residents work in Vineland

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

BridgetonBuenaAtlantic City: 9 residents work here (4%)Hammonton: 13 residents work here (5%)Millville: 5 residents work here (2%)Vineland: 51 residents work here (20%)Washington: 5 residents work here (2%)MonroeFranklin: 7 residents work here (3%)DeptfordWinslow: 5 residents work here (2%)Buena Vista: 23 residents work here (9%)Galloway: 10 residents work here (4%)HamiltonEgg Harbor: 12 residents work here (5%)RichlandVinelandBuena VistaHammontonEgg HarborGallowayAtlantic CityRichland
1
Vineland6 mi away
20%51
2
Buena Vista1.6 mi away
9%23
3
Hammonton13.4 mi away
5%13
4
Egg Harbor16.6 mi away
5%12
5
Galloway22.1 mi away
4%10
6
Atlantic City24.6 mi away
4%9
7
Franklin10.3 mi away
3%7
8
Millville11.2 mi away
2%5
9
Washington20.2 mi away
2%5
10
Winslow14.6 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%115
The top trips

Where Richland clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
146 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Richland19 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
19%

of Richland workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Richland quiets down on a workday

On a workday 253 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.

253live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
186work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night640
Workday570
640live here− 250head out to work+ 190come in to work= 570on a workday

About 570 people are in Richland on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.74jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Richland commutes less than 15 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miVineland: 20% · 6 miBuena Vista: 9% · 1.6 miHammonton: 5% · 13.4 miEgg Harbor: 5% · 16.6 miGalloway: 4% · 22.1 miAtlantic City: 4% · 24.6 miFranklin: 3% · 10.3 miMillville: 2% · 11.2 miWashington: 2% · 20.2 miWinslow: 2% · 14.6 miVineland 20%Buena Vista 9%Hammonton 5%Egg Harbor 5%Galloway 4%Richland
RichlandTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi85 residents
37%10–24 mi93 residents
17%25–50 mi44 residents
13%Over 50 mi32 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Richland makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in RichlandJobs Richland residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms33%21%
Trade, transport & utilities15%20%
Services: health, schools, offices52%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%31%
Over $3,333 a month52%56%

Who does it

29 or younger13%20%
30 to 5450%44%
55 and older37%36%
−55%

Jobs based in Richland, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 188. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Richland and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Buena Vista (9%). Darker towns draw more of Richland’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Richland19 min
Hamilton27 min
Buena Vista38 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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