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-SA 3.0Somers Point has higher unemployment (10.5%) than 95% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Somers Point C+; getting around on foot earns it A+. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. About one in seven work in Somers Point; the top destination outside it is Atlantic City (14%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Somers Point: the gist
Somers Point trades workers with the towns around it
Somers Point has about as many jobs (5,563) as working residents (4,707), but they are mostly different people: 4,126 residents leave for work each day while 4,982 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Somers Point are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Somers Point are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 54 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Somers Point
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Somers Point is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #431 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Somers Point’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Somers Point could be anywhere from C to B−.
Who leaves Somers Point for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,126 residents head out to work, 581 work right here, and 4,982 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
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 trip to work from Somers Point: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Somers Point workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,719 commuters (the 9% 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 Somers Point: the destinations
Where Somers Point clocks in
9% 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.
Jobs in Somers Point: what the 5,563 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Somers Point, 2013 → 2023: 5,608 → 5,563. 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 Somers Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Somers Point
About 19% 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.
Somers Point is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Somers Point is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #125 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Somers Point near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,212 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 52% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.7% of Somers Point households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Somers Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,007th of 2,878: where Somers Point ranks among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 22 | Oradell NJ | 8,293 | $221K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,005 | Mount Pleasant Township PA | 9,962 | $68K | 13.3% | 5.3% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,006 | Country Club CA | 10,161 | $81K | 15.4% | 10.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,007 | Somers Point NJ | 10,590 | $71K | 9.2% | 10.5% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,008 | Kinderhook NY | 8,091 | $82K | 8.8% | 6.7% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,009 | Irondale AL | 13,545 | $72K | 15.2% | 8.5% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Somers Point, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Somers Point and its neighbors: 17% work next door
The biggest share goes to Egg Harbor Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Somers Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somers Point | – | C+ | A+ | 24 min | $71,062 |
| Egg Harbor Township | 9% | B− | B | 23 min | $97,190 |
| Linwood | 3% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $156,354 |
| Upper Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 24 min | $111,991 |
| Ocean City | 5% | B+ | A+ | 27 min | $101,782 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Somers Point’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 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 Somers Point: questions
What is the median household income in Somers Point?
$71,062 (±$5,737) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Somers Point?
9.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Somers Point?
24 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Somers Point work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (14%, 9 mi), Egg Harbor Township (9%, 4 mi), Ocean City (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Somers Point walkable?
Somers Point is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Somers Point without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 52% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Somers Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Somers Point
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.