Photo: Smallbones · Public domainHancocks Bridge has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
2 jobs are based in Hancocks Bridge; 73 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Hancocks Bridge for work; outside it, Salem is the main destination (8%, 4 miles). Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Hancocks Bridge
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Hancocks Bridge 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.
Out of Hancocks Bridge to work: where people go
Where Hancocks Bridge clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hancocks Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,957 → 2. 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 Hancocks Bridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hancocks Bridge workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 204 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hancocks Bridge
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 Hancocks Bridge: questions
What is the median household income in Hancocks Bridge?
$80,625 (±$38,436) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hancocks Bridge?
2.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hancocks Bridge?
28 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 Hancocks Bridge work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (8%, 4 mi), Philadelphia (7%, 39 mi), Mannington Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hancocks Bridge 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 Hancocks Bridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hancocks Bridge
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.