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 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Pemberton Heights works elsewhere
Only 1% stay in Pemberton Heights for work; outside it, Pemberton Township is the main destination (8%, 4 miles). Pemberton Heights has 175 jobs for 1,192 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pemberton Heights apart on work
Pemberton Heights is a place people come home to
There are 175 jobs based in Pemberton Heights, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pemberton Heights has about 1,600 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Pemberton Heights 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Who commutes out of Pemberton Heights, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,179 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Pemberton Heights on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Pemberton Heights
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pemberton Heights workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,330 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.
Commuting out of Pemberton Heights: the destinations
Where Pemberton Heights 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.
Pemberton Heights is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pemberton Heights, 2014 → 2024: 239 → 175. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pemberton Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Pemberton Heights
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Pemberton Heights
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pemberton Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pemberton Heights | – | — | — | 27 min | $75,512 |
| Pemberton | under 3% | B+ | A | 30 min | $90,899 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pemberton Heights’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 2024, 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 Pemberton Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Pemberton Heights?
$75,512 (±$11,711) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pemberton Heights?
6.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pemberton Heights?
27 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 Pemberton Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pemberton Township (8%, 4 mi), Trenton (5%, 19 mi), Philadelphia (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pemberton Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pemberton Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pemberton Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.