Work & commute · Somers Point

Work & commute in Somers Point, NJ

Most working residents leave Somers Point for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic City (14%), Egg Harbor (9%) and Ocean City (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

581 of 4,707 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 4,126 Somers Point residents head out of town to work, 581 work right here, and 4,982 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somers Point.

4,126live here, work elsewhere

581live and work here

4,982work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somers Point goes to work

Atlantic City9.3 mi away

14%636

Somers Point (in town)right here

12%581

Egg Harbor4.4 mi away

9%411

Ocean City3.3 mi away

5%231

Galloway14 mi away

3%164

Northfield4.8 mi away

3%136

Linwood2.6 mi away

3%136

Hamilton13.3 mi away

3%133

Vineland23.2 mi away

2%97

Pleasantville7.1 mi away

2%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,104

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

How far

How far Somers Point commutes

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

50%

16%

19%

50%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somers Point is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Somers Point are

5,563 jobs are based in Somers Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Somers Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Somers Point

5,563 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Somers Point residents hold

4,707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−1%

Jobs based in Somers Point, 2013 → 2023: 5,608 → 5,563. 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.