Victory Lakes has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Victory Lakes has 79 jobs, against 894 working residents. Hardly any work in Victory Lakes itself; outside it, Monroe Township draws the most (12%, 2 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Victory Lakes, in brief
Victory Lakes is a place people come home to
There are 79 jobs based in Victory Lakes, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Victory Lakes has about 760 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Victory Lakes workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 894 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Victory Lakes: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 892 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Victory Lakes on a workday afternoon, 52% 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.
The trip to work from Victory Lakes: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Victory Lakes workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 733 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where Victory Lakes goes to work
Where Victory Lakes clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
33% of the jobs in Victory Lakes make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Victory Lakes, 2014 → 2024: 233 → 79. 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 Victory Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Victory Lakes
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.
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 Victory Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Victory Lakes?
$89,907 (±$50,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Victory Lakes?
15.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Victory Lakes?
36 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Victory Lakes work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe Township (12%, 2 mi), Philadelphia (7%, 28 mi), Washington Township (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Victory Lakes 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 Victory Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Victory Lakes
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.