Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 3.0New Egypt has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 2% work in New Egypt itself; outside it, Plumsted Township draws the most (8%, 3 miles). There are 379 jobs in New Egypt; 1,049 of its residents have a job. At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (New Jersey 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set New Egypt apart
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in New Egypt are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
40% of the jobs based in New Egypt are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of New Egypt’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside New Egypt
64% of New Egypt residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in New Egypt pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few New Egypt workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
New Egypt empties out on a workday
About 1,400 people are in New Egypt on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 2,100 who live here: 1,000 head out to work and 350 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
The kinds of work in New Egypt
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Egypt, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 379. 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 New Egypt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 33 minutes in New Egypt
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Egypt workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,004 commuters (the 3% 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.
How many people are in New Egypt by day
On a workday 1,024 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in New Egypt on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where New Egypt goes to work
Where New Egypt clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
How far New Egypt goes to work
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 New Egypt: questions
What is the median household income in New Egypt?
$74,063 (±$8,720) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Egypt?
8.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Egypt?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Egypt work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plumsted Township (8%, 3 mi), Hamilton Township (5%, 12 mi), Jackson Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Egypt 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 New Egypt, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Egypt
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.