Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Atco has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The trip to work takes 33 minutes on average, where New Jersey has 31 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Atco report 1,265 jobs, and 4,721 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Atco itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (6%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Atco in brief
Where people from Atco work
Where Atco clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily flow of workers through Atco
On a workday 4,541 residents head out to work, 180 work right here, and 1,085 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Atco on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Atco’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Atco, 2013 → 2023: 1,181 → 1,265. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Atco, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Atco workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,555 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Atco’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Atco
The biggest share goes to Evesham Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Atco workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atco | – | — | — | 33 min | $105,847 |
| Medford Township | under 3% | A | B+ | 34 min | $157,969 |
| Evesham Township | 5% | A | A− | 28 min | $118,670 |
| Berlin | under 3% | A | A | 36 min | $102,855 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Atco’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Atco: questions
What is the median household income in Atco?
$105,847 (±$7,522) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Atco?
9.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Atco?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Atco work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (6%, 22 mi), Waterford Township (6%, 3 mi), Evesham Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Atco without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Atco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Atco
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.