Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety29#655/924
Economy12#810/925
Housing7#861/925
Health34#612/925
Healthcare15#788/923
Environment70#274/917
Education8#851/925
Infrastructure43#525/925
Community27#674/925
Leisure & amenities33#623/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Vineland, NJ metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Depression · low16.4%
99/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · low10.5 /100k
95/100New Jersey 8.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · low7.9 /100k
93/100New Jersey 4.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · high2.4 /10k
90/100New Jersey 2.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Public transit commuters · high1.5%
90/100New Jersey 8.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Access to exercise opportunities · high88.9%
89/100New Jersey 95.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high49.1%
1/100New Jersey 34.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Unemployment rate · high8.1%
1/100New Jersey 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Effective property tax rate · high2.02%
1/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Some college · low43.1%
3/100New Jersey 72.0%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · high4,564 /100k
4/100New Jersey 3,143 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Severe housing problems · high22.3%
4/100New Jersey 19.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 66% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+66 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
4 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
69.2% (2010 & 2021) → 88.9% (2022 & 2024)
+20 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
29.8% (2020 & 2021) → 49.1% (2023 & 2024)
+19 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.0% (2015-2019) → 89.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Homicide rateImproving
7.9 /100k (2021) → 4.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Vineland, NJ metro area improved on 13 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 4 moved within the margin of error and 8 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Rent / income−4.6 points37.5% → 32.9%
Rent burden−7.7 points63.8% → 56.2%
Broadband+11 points78.0% → 89.5%
Overdose deaths−44%48.1 /100k → 26.9 /100k
Homicides−38%6.5 /100k → 4.0 /100k

Declined7

Uninsured+1.5 points11.0% → 12.4%
Commute+1.8 min23.6 min → 25.5 min
Gyms−14%1.1 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Airport+6 mi26 mi → 32 mi
Pharmacies−13%1.8 /10k → 1.5 /10k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Vineland, NJ metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.4 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−2.2%	Little change	25%
Average commute time	23.6 min2015-2019	25.5 min2020-2024	+1.8 min	Declined	15%
Average weekly wage	$9812020	$1,1362025	+16%	Improved	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%2015-2019	18.9%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Improved	64%
Broadband subscriptions	78.0%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	74%
Child poverty rate	24.2%2015-2019	20.7%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Improved	64%
Distance to an airport	26 mi2020	32 mi2025	+6 mi	Declined	3%
Drug overdose deaths	48.1 /100k2020	26.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−44%	Improved	73%
Effective property tax rate	2.33%2015-2019	2.02%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	91%
Firearm deaths	8.5 /100k2020	7.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7.1%	Improved	61%
Grocery stores	2.5 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−2.2%	Little change	41%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−14%	Declined	22%
High school diploma or higher	79.4%2015-2019	81.6%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	71%
Homicide rate	6.5 /100k2020	4.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−38%	Improved	65%
Income adjusted for local prices	$40,8302019	$52,9792024	+30%	Improved	35%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4682015-2019	0.4732020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	38%
Median household income	$54,1492015-2019	$67,4362020-2024	+25%	Improved	36%
New business applications	9.7 /1k2020	11.1 /1k2025	+14%	Improved	11%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	37%
Poverty rate	16.5%2015-2019	15.6%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Property crime rate	2,148 /100k2020	2,246 /100k2025	+4.6%	Little change	4%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−4.7%	Little change	25%
Public transit commuters	1.6%2015-2019	1.5%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Rent as share of income	37.5%2015-2019	32.9%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Improved	97%
Rent-burdened households	63.8%2015-2019	56.2%2020-2024	−7.7 points	Improved	95%
Restaurants and bars	5.4 /10k2020	5.3 /10k2025	−1%	Little change	41%
Suicide rate	9.8 /100k2020	10.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.1%	Declined	43%
Traffic deaths	16.6 /100k2015-2019	16.1 /100k2020-2024	−3%	Little change	68%
Unemployment rate	11.1%2020	8.1%2025	−3 points	Improved	51%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.0%2015-2019	12.4%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Declined	14%
Violent crime rate	409 /100k2020	397 /100k2025	−2.9%	Little change	30%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Vineland, NJ metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Vineland, NJ metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Vineland, NJ metro area itself moved −1.6 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

153,305 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

53,781 households (±503)

Vineland, NJ metro area
United States share

Under $25k18%9,471
$25k–50k19%10,444
$50k–75k18%9,608

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

53,781 households (±503)

Vineland, NJ metro area
United States share

Own67%35,782
Rent33%17,999

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

62,425 workers (±1,390)

Vineland, NJ metro area
United States share

Drive alone77%47,763
Carpool12%7,799
Public transit1.5%954

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Vineland, NJ employ 15,590 people. 5 pay a median above the US median and 5 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Vineland, NJ by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Packers and Packagers, Hand2,380 jobs	2,380	$34,010US $36,280	−6%	11×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides2,100 jobs	2,100	$37,610US $35,800	+5%	1.22×
Fast Food and Counter Workers1,800 jobs	1,800	$33,550US $31,200	+8%	1.16×
Cashiers1,700 jobs	1,700	$33,640US $32,880	+2%	1.37×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand1,670 jobs	1,670	$36,450US $40,240	−9%	1.41×
Registered Nurses1,590 jobs	1,590	$103,380US $97,550	+6%	1.18×
Stockers and Order Fillers1,140 jobs	1,140	$35,810US $37,330	−4%	1.01×
Retail Salespersons1,130 jobs	1,130	$35,230US $35,410	−1%	0.72×
Correctional Officers and Jailers1,090 jobs	1,090	$106,570US $58,940	+81%	7.15×
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary990 jobs	990	$35,900US $36,780	−2%	1.73×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Vineland, NJ.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Vineland, NJ has 2,826 employer establishments, 183 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248), with 47,846 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,449. The Census Bureau also counts 8,503 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,826; 8,503 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 183; US 248
Paid employees: 47,846
Average annual pay: $53,449; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Vineland, NJ by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	257	16.6	0.80×Fewer than typical	4,016	$75,589	420
Restaurants and other eating places	207	13.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	3,125	$21,169	48
Specialty trade contractors	182	11.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	1,620	$88,564	480
Limited-service restaurants	101	6.5	0.82×About typical	1,476	$19,836	22
Religious organizations	94	6.1	1.10×About typical	417	$20,542	—
Offices of physicians	89	5.8	0.89×About typical	1,806	$98,917	37
Construction of buildings	85	5.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	339	$59,493	248
Lessors of real estate	84	5.4	0.44×Fewer than typical	407	$46,953	969
Full-service restaurants	83	5.4	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,418	$23,307	14
Automotive repair and maintenance	82	5.3	1.05×About typical	336	$43,542	142
Personal care services	77	5	1.04×About typical	419	$27,277	343
Services to buildings and dwellings	76	4.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	347	$39,646	579

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 154,497 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $76M on contracts performed in Vineland, NJ metro area: $483 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $76M; +47% vs FY2025
Per resident: $483; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$68.4M90%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$3.1M4.1%
U.S. Coast Guard$1.7M2.2%
Department of the Army$1.3M1.7%
Agricultural Marketing Service$823K1.1%
Environmental Protection Agency$410.3K0.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$214.4K0.3%
Department of the Navy$23.5K0.0%

Top recipients

SEASHORE FRUIT & PRODUCE CO., INC.$57.8M76%
CROWN CLOTHING CO$9.5M13%
KINTOCK GROUP, INC THE$2.3M3.1%
HDR-OBG A JOINT VENTURE$1.4M1.8%
YANK MARINE SERVICES LLC$1.3M1.8%

Spending by fiscal year

35.2MFY2017
46.4MFY2018
36.2MFY2019
96.6MFY2020
36.6MFY2021
83MFY2022
59.7MFY2023
59.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other food manufacturing · 3119$57.8M76%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$8.8M12%
Other residential care facilities · 6239$2.2M2.9%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.5M2.0%
Ship and boat building · 3366$1.5M1.9%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$994.9K

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $889.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Vineland, NJ metro area: $5,662 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $889.8M; −8.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,662; US $12,955
Loan face value: $34.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$510.8M57%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$103M12%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$57.1M6.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$51.7M5.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$48.5M5.5%
93.600 · Head Start$38.1M4.3%
20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All$21.9M2.5%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$15.1M1.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, INC.$30.6M3.4%
BRIDGETON, NJ
VINELAND, CITY OF$21.9M2.5%
VINELAND, NJ
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF VINELAN$12M1.3%
VINELAND, NJ
COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC$8.3M0.9%
BRIDGETON, NJ
TRANSPORTATION, NEW JERSEY DEPT OF$7.2M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$714M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$65.1M7.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Administration for Children and Families$38.1M4.3%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Highway Administration$29M3.3%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

788.4MFY2021
833.8MFY2022
835.8MFY2023
886.8MFY2024
974.4MFY2025
889.8MFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Vineland, NJ

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Cumberland CountyCentral county28157,148

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

VinelandPrincipal city61,006

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in New Jersey

Areas based in New Jersey, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Vineland, NJ metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Vineland, NJ

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in New Jersey

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined7

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

What was bought