Jobs and the daily commute in West Park
Working residents average 21 minutes each way, where New Jersey has 31 and the U.S. 26. For 8% of workers, the job is at home; New Jersey has 17%. Only 3% stay in West Park for work; outside it, Bridgeton is the main destination (14%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in West Park
Commutes from West Park are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
West Park has added jobs fast
Jobs based in West Park went from 323 in 2014 to 450 in 2024, +39%. The jobs ↓
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 679 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
West Park’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Park workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 504 commuters (the 8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in West Park
450 jobs are based in West Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Park, 2014 → 2024: 323 → 450. 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 West Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
West Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 657 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 428 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in West Park on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ West Park’s residents
Where West Park clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Miles to work from West Park
About 18% 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 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 West Park: questions
What is the median household income in West Park?
$72,813 (±$37,172) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Park?
13.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Park?
21 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Park work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgeton (14%, 2 mi), Vineland (11%, 14 mi), Hopewell Township (11%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around West Park without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Park
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.