Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Mays Landing
The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. Only 7% stay in Mays Landing for work; outside it, Atlantic City is the main destination (16%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mays Landing stands out on work
Mays Landing is a services town
3,721 jobs are based in Mays Landing.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mays Landing, 2013 → 2023: 3,760 → 3,721. 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 Mays Landing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Mays Landing
On a workday 2,439 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 3,549 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,500 people are in Mays Landing on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Mays Landing commutes to
Where Mays Landing clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Time on the road from Mays Landing: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mays Landing workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,697 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.
Half of Mays Landing commutes less than 15 miles
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.
Mays Landing and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mays Landing workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mays Landing | – | — | — | 32 min | $83,056 |
| Weymouth Township | under 2% | C | D | 33 min | $72,459 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mays Landing’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 Mays Landing: questions
What is the median household income in Mays Landing?
$83,056 (±$15,597) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mays Landing?
9.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mays Landing?
32 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 Mays Landing work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (16%, 15 mi), Hamilton Township (11%, 3 mi), Egg Harbor Township (11%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mays Landing without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mays Landing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mays Landing
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.