Work & commute · Ventnor

Work & commute in Ventnor, NJ

Most working residents leave Ventnor for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic City (31%), Egg Harbor (6%) and Margate City (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

266 of 3,510 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,244 Ventnor residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 1,007 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ventnor.

3,244live here, work elsewhere

266live and work here

1,007work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ventnor goes to work

Atlantic City3 mi away

31%1,076

Ventnor City (in town)right here

8%266

Egg Harbor7.4 mi away

6%222

Margate City1.5 mi away

5%173

Galloway10.3 mi away

3%108

Northfield4.4 mi away

3%95

Philadelphia, PA57.6 mi away

2%80

Somers Point6.8 mi away

2%76

Pleasantville3.5 mi away

2%76

Hamilton16.7 mi away

2%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,273

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

How far

How far Ventnor commutes

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

61%

11%

22%

61%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ventnor is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ventnor are

1,273 jobs are based in Ventnor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ventnor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ventnor

1,273 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Ventnor residents hold

3,510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−8%

Jobs based in Ventnor, 2013 → 2023: 1,377 → 1,273. 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.