Work & commute · Wildwood

Work & commute in Wildwood, NJ

Most working residents leave Wildwood for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Middle (11%), Lower (7%) and Cape May (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

315 of 1,778 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,463 Wildwood residents head out of town to work, 315 work right here, and 1,738 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wildwood.

1,463live here, work elsewhere

315live and work here

1,738work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wildwood goes to work

Wildwood (in town)right here

18%315

Middle7.4 mi away

11%204

Lower5 mi away

7%126

Cape May5.4 mi away

4%79

North Wildwood1.7 mi away

4%63

Wildwood Crest1.5 mi away

3%60

Atlantic City33.3 mi away

3%55

Vineland34.4 mi away

2%42

Philadelphia, PA72.6 mi away

2%35

Egg Harbor29.3 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%769

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

How far

How far Wildwood commutes

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

52%

14%

31%

52%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wildwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wildwood are

2,053 jobs are based in Wildwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wildwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wildwood

2,053 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Wildwood residents hold

1,778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+6%

Jobs based in Wildwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,936 → 2,053. 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.