Sweetwater has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
At home: 7% of workers have no commute at all (New Jersey 17%). Sweetwater has 123 jobs for 351 working residents. Only 1% stay in Sweetwater for work; outside it, Atlantic City is the main destination (9%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Sweetwater, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 346 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Sweetwater on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where Sweetwater goes to work
Where Sweetwater clocks in
9% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Sweetwater
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sweetwater, 2014 → 2024: 159 → 123. 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 Sweetwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, about the NJ average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sweetwater workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 391 commuters (the 7% 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 Sweetwater goes to work
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.
Sweetwater and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sweetwater workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater | – | — | — | 30 min | $105,489 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sweetwater’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 Sweetwater: questions
What is the median household income in Sweetwater?
$105,489 (±$24,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sweetwater?
4.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sweetwater?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sweetwater work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (9%, 19 mi), Mullica Township (9%, 2 mi), Egg Harbor Township (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sweetwater
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.