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 4.0Centre Grove has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers (New Jersey 17%). 15 jobs are based in Centre Grove, against 605 working residents. Hardly any work in Centre Grove; the top destination outside it is Vineland (18%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Centre Grove at work: what stands out
Centre Grove is a place people come home to
There are 15 jobs based in Centre Grove, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Centre Grove has about 750 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Centre Grove workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 605 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Centre Grove on a workday
On a workday 604 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Centre Grove on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
How long Centre Grove spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centre Grove workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 698 commuters (the 2% 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.
Where people from Centre Grove work
Where Centre Grove clocks in
18% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
67% of the jobs in Centre Grove pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centre Grove, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 15. 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 Centre Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Centre Grove goes to work
About 19% 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 Centre Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Centre Grove?
$74,813 (±$30,385) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centre Grove?
5.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centre Grove?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centre Grove work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (18%, 10 mi), Millville (11%, 5 mi), Bridgeton (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Centre Grove without a car?
0% 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 Centre Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centre Grove
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.