Malaga has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey. There are 230 jobs in Malaga, against 771 working residents. Hardly any work in Malaga; the top destination outside it is Vineland (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Malaga, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in Malaga than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Malaga fell from 404 in 2013 to 230 in 2023, −43%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Malaga is a place people come home to
There are 230 jobs based in Malaga, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Malaga has about 1,200 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Malaga 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 ↓
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 771 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What Malaga’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Malaga, 2013 → 2023: 404 → 230. 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 Malaga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Malaga for work, and who comes in
On a workday 764 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Malaga on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
About 33 minutes each way for Malaga’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Malaga workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 867 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.
Where Malaga goes to work
Where Malaga clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Malaga
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.
Malaga and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Malaga workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaga | – | — | — | 33 min | $107,553 |
| Franklinville | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Franklinville: 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 Malaga’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 Malaga: questions
What is the median household income in Malaga?
$107,553 (±$40,567) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Malaga?
5.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Malaga?
33 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 Malaga work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (13%, 8 mi), Franklin Township (11%, 2 mi), Philadelphia (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Malaga without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Malaga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Malaga
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.