Most of Roadstown commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Roadstown report 7 jobs, and 61 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Roadstown; the top destination outside it is Bridgeton (13%, 5 miles). Commuters spend 39 minutes getting to work on average, where New Jersey has 31 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Roadstown, and who commutes in
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Roadstown on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 towns that employ Roadstown’s residents
Where Roadstown clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 43% of work in Roadstown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roadstown, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 7. 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 Roadstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 39 minutes in Roadstown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roadstown workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 11% 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 far Roadstown goes to work
About 28% 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.
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 Roadstown: questions
What is the median household income in Roadstown?
$140,500 (±$67,198) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roadstown?
6.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roadstown?
39 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roadstown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgeton (13%, 5 mi), Vineland (10%, 17 mi), Millville (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roadstown 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 Roadstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roadstown
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.