With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Olivet works elsewhere
1% of workers have no commute at all; New Jersey has 17%. Employers in Olivet report 76 jobs; 677 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Olivet for work; outside it, Vineland is the main destination (10%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Olivet, in a few figures
Olivet is a place people come home to
There are 76 jobs based in Olivet, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Olivet has about 970 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Olivet workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Olivet are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. 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 677 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Olivet for work, and who comes in
On a workday 672 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Olivet on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The daily trip from Olivet: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olivet workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 731 commuters (the 1% 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.
Commuting out of Olivet: the destinations
Where Olivet clocks in
10% 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.
A place that makes things: 42% of Olivet’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olivet, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 76. 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 Olivet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Olivet
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 Olivet: questions
What is the median household income in Olivet?
$128,849 (±$11,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olivet?
4.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olivet?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olivet work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (10%, 11 mi), Pittsgrove Township (8%, 2 mi), Philadelphia (5%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Olivet 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 Olivet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olivet
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.