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Work & commute in Seaville · A commuter town

97% of Seaville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Seaville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Upper (12%), Middle (11%) and Ocean City (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
3%
29 of 988 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
25 min
Less than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
9%
Less than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
352
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Seaville?

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

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in Upper

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

Sea Isle City: 37 residents work here (4%)Somers Point: 49 residents work here (5%)Ocean City: 79 residents work here (8%)WoodbineVineland: 31 residents work here (3%)Dennis: 43 residents work here (4%)Lower: 30 residents work here (3%)Middle: 111 residents work here (11%)Upper: 116 residents work here (12%)GallowayHamilton: 29 residents work here (3%)Egg Harbor: 34 residents work here (3%)Ocean ViewPalermoSeavilleUpperMiddleOcean CitySomers PointDennisSea Isle CitySeaville
1
Upper3.6 mi away
12%116
2
Middle10.3 mi away
11%111
3
Ocean City7.5 mi away
8%79
4
Somers Point9.6 mi away
5%49
5
Dennis5.5 mi away
4%43
6
Sea Isle City4 mi away
4%37
7
Egg Harbor13.2 mi away
3%34
8
Vineland23.3 mi away
3%31
9
Lower18.7 mi away
3%30
10
Hamilton19 mi away
3%29
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%429
The top trips

Where Seaville 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 25 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
195 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Seaville25 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

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

About 1 in 10
The jobs

Seaville makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in SeavilleJobs Seaville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms31%11%
Trade, transport & utilities9%15%
Services: health, schools, offices59%74%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less23%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%24%
Over $3,333 a month36%61%

Who does it

29 or younger22%19%
30 to 5449%49%
55 and older30%32%
−1%

Jobs based in Seaville, 2013 → 2023: 355 → 352. 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

16% of Seaville works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Upper (12%). Darker towns draw more of Seaville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Day and night

Seaville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 959 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere.

959live here, work elsewhere
29live and work here
323work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,600
Workday2,000
2,600live here− 960head out to work+ 320come in to work= 2,000on a workday

About 2,000 people are in Seaville on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.36jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.36 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 Seaville commutes less than 13 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 miUpper: 12% · 3.6 miMiddle: 11% · 10.3 miOcean City: 8% · 7.5 miSomers Point: 5% · 9.6 miDennis: 4% · 5.5 miSea Isle City: 4% · 4 miEgg Harbor: 3% · 13.2 miVineland: 3% · 23.3 miLower: 3% · 18.7 miHamilton: 3% · 19 miUpper 12%Middle 11%Ocean City 8%Somers Point 5%Dennis 4%Seaville
SeavilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
37%Under 10 mi359 residents
35%10–24 mi347 residents
7%25–50 mi66 residents
21%Over 50 mi211 residents

About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

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

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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