Work & commute · Wildwood Crest

Work & commute in Wildwood Crest, NJ

Most working residents leave Wildwood Crest for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Middle (11%), Wildwood (10%) and Lower (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

100 of 1,049 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 949 Wildwood Crest residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 497 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wildwood Crest.

949live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

497work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wildwood Crest goes to work

Middle8.4 mi away

11%120

Wildwood Crest (in town)right here

10%100

Wildwood1.5 mi away

10%100

Lower4.1 mi away

8%84

North Wildwood3.2 mi away

5%53

Cape May3.9 mi away

4%37

Atlantic City34.8 mi away

2%25

Philadelphia, PA73.4 mi away

2%21

Trenton86.6 mi away

2%20

Vineland35.2 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%473

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

How far

How far Wildwood Crest commutes

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

50%

13%

33%

50%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wildwood Crest is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wildwood Crest are

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

Jobs based in Wildwood Crest

597 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Wildwood Crest residents hold

1,049 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Wildwood Crest, 2013 → 2023: 527 → 597. 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.