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There are 146 jobs in Elwood for 558 working residents. Hardly any work in Elwood itself; outside it, Atlantic City draws the most (9%, 19 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; New Jersey has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Elwood apart
Elwood is a place people come home to
There are 146 jobs based in Elwood, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elwood has about 320 people in it, 56% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Elwood workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Elwood are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 558 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Elwood on a workday afternoon
On a workday 554 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Elwood on a workday afternoon, 56% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Elwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elwood workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 403 commuters (the 0% 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.
Out of Elwood to work: where people go
Where Elwood clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
77% of the jobs in Elwood pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elwood, 2014 → 2024: 94 → 146. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Elwood commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Elwood: questions
What is the median household income in Elwood?
$85,954 (±$28,582) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elwood?
10.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elwood?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (9%, 19 mi), Mullica Township (9%, 3 mi), Hammonton (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Elwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.