With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Erma works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers (New Jersey 17%). 245 jobs are based in Erma for 784 working residents. Only 1% work in Erma itself; outside it, Lower Township draws the most (21%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Erma apart on work
About 22 minutes each way for Erma’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Erma workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 886 commuters (the 8% 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.
Erma quiets down on a workday
On a workday 773 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 234 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Erma on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Commuting out of Erma: the destinations
Where Erma clocks in
21% of workers
13% 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.
Erma makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Erma, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 245. 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 Erma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Erma
About 27% 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 Erma
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Erma workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erma | – | — | — | 22 min | $96,885 |
| Rio Grande | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rio Grande: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Erma’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 Erma: questions
What is the median household income in Erma?
$96,885 (±$18,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Erma?
5.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Erma?
22 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Erma work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lower Township (21%, 1 mi), Middle Township (13%, 7 mi), Cape May (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Erma without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Erma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Erma
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.