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 3.0There are 13.5 jobs in Skillman for every working resident, and 1,694 people commute in
50% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. Skillman has 1,696 jobs for 126 working residents. Only 2% work in Skillman; the top destination outside it is Montgomery Township (13%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Skillman on a workday
On a workday 124 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 1,900 people are in Skillman on a workday afternoon, 455% more than live here.
13.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 the people who work in Skillman live
Where Skillman clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Skillman, 2013 → 2023: 527 → 1,696. 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 Skillman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Skillman takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Skillman workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 50% 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 it is to work from Skillman
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 Skillman: questions
What is the poverty rate in Skillman?
0.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Skillman?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 50% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Skillman work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery Township (13%, 2 mi), Princeton (6%, 5 mi), Lawrence Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Skillman 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 Skillman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skillman
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.