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 4.0Dorothy has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
5% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. 199 jobs are based in Dorothy; 471 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Dorothy; the top destination outside it is Hamilton Township (9%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dorothy quiets down on a workday
On a workday 459 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Dorothy on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where the trip to work from Dorothy ends
Where Dorothy clocks in
9% 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.
In Dorothy, 52% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dorothy, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 199. 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 Dorothy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Dorothy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dorothy workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 436 commuters (the 5% 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.
How many miles Dorothy commutes
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.
Work in the towns next to Dorothy
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dorothy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy | – | — | — | 29 min | $107,366 |
| Maurice River Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 29 min | $76,964 |
| Estell Manor | 3% | A− | D | 31 min | $97,318 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Estell Manor. Darker towns draw more of Dorothy’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 Dorothy: questions
What is the median household income in Dorothy?
$107,366 (±$10,266) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dorothy?
13.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dorothy?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dorothy work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton Township (9%, 7 mi), Atlantic City (8%, 20 mi), Egg Harbor Township (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dorothy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dorothy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dorothy
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.