Work & commute · Camden

Work & commute in Camden, NJ

Most working residents leave Camden for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Cherry Hill (8%), Philadelphia (6%) and Pennsauken (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

4,174 of 25,163 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,989 Camden residents head out of town to work, 4,174 work right here, and 30,938 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camden.

20,989live here, work elsewhere

4,174live and work here

30,938work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Camden goes to work

Camden (in town)right here

17%4,174

Cherry Hill6.2 mi away

8%2,119

Philadelphia, PA5.2 mi away

6%1,556

Pennsauken3.4 mi away

6%1,481

Mount Laurel11 mi away

4%973

Evesham12.3 mi away

2%552

Logan16.5 mi away

2%526

Moorestown9.2 mi away

2%481

Voorhees10.2 mi away

2%476

Deptford8.3 mi away

2%406

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%12,419

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

How far

How far Camden commutes

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

57%

18%

17%

57%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Camden is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Camden are

35,112 jobs are based in Camden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Camden

35,112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Camden residents hold

25,163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+24%

Jobs based in Camden, 2013 → 2023: 28,327 → 35,112. 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.