Earning a living in Carlls Corner
Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, next to 31 for New Jersey and 26 for the U.S. Hardly any work in Carlls Corner itself; outside it, Vineland draws the most (14%, 11 miles). 10% of workers work from home, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Carlls Corner in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Carlls Corner than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Carlls Corner fell from 802 in 2013 to 413 in 2023, −49%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Carlls Corner are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Carlls Corner
63% of Carlls Corner residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Carlls Corner pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 428 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What Carlls Corner’s employers do
413 jobs are based in Carlls Corner.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carlls Corner, 2013 → 2023: 802 → 413. 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 Carlls Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Carlls Corner: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carlls Corner workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 346 commuters (the 10% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Carlls Corner
On a workday 424 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Carlls Corner to work: where people go
Where Carlls Corner clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
Where in the region Carlls Corner works
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
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 Carlls Corner: questions
What is the median household income in Carlls Corner?
$78,256 (±$16,723) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carlls Corner?
8.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carlls Corner?
18 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carlls Corner work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (14%, 11 mi), Upper Deerfield Township (12%, 2 mi), Bridgeton (12%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carlls Corner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carlls Corner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carlls Corner
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.