Most of Villas commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
742 jobs are based in Villas, against 3,746 working residents. Only 5% work in Villas itself; outside it, Lower Township draws the most (21%, 3 miles). For 6% of workers, the job is at home (New Jersey 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Villas stands out on work
Commutes from Villas are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Villas is a place people come home to
There are 742 jobs based in Villas, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Villas has about 6,700 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Villas and Middle Township trade workers both ways
Middle Township is the top workplace for Villas residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Villas come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
About 20 minutes each way for Villas’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Villas workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,158 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.
Who leaves Villas for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,557 residents head out to work, 189 work right here, and 553 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Villas on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Villas’ residents
Where Villas clocks in
21% of workers
19% 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.
The kinds of work in Villas
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Villas, 2013 → 2023: 610 → 742. 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 Villas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Villas
About 26% 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.
The towns next door employ 19% of Villas
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Villas workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villas | – | — | — | 20 min | $80,974 |
| Middle Township | 19% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $83,508 |
| North Cape May | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Cape May: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Middle Township. Darker towns draw more of Villas’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 Villas: questions
What is the median household income in Villas?
$80,974 (±$7,464) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Villas?
10.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Villas?
20 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 Villas work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lower Township (21%, 3 mi), Middle Township (19%, 7 mi), Cape May (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Villas without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Villas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Villas
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.