Work & commute · Brooklawn

Work & commute in Brooklawn, NJ

Most working residents leave Brooklawn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (13%), Camden (7%) and Cherry Hill (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,015 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 990 Brooklawn residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brooklawn.

990live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

303work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brooklawn goes to work

Philadelphia, PA9 mi away

13%136

Camden4 mi away

7%71

Cherry Hill6.8 mi away

5%52

Gloucester City0.9 mi away

4%45

Pennsauken7 mi away

4%42

Mount Laurel12.6 mi away

4%38

Deptford4.3 mi away

3%28

Brooklawn (in town)right here

2%25

Evesham11.7 mi away

2%25

West Deptford4.2 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%531

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Brooklawn commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

63%

16%

15%

63%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brooklawn is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brooklawn are

328 jobs are based in Brooklawn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brooklawn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brooklawn

328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Brooklawn residents hold

1,015 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−34%

Jobs based in Brooklawn, 2013 → 2023: 497 → 328. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.