Work & commute · Collingswood

Work & commute in Collingswood, NJ

Most working residents leave Collingswood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (19%), Cherry Hill (8%) and Camden (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

401 of 6,559 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,158 Collingswood residents head out of town to work, 401 work right here, and 3,788 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Collingswood.

6,158live here, work elsewhere

401live and work here

3,788work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Collingswood goes to work

Philadelphia, PA7.1 mi away

19%1,253

Cherry Hill4.4 mi away

8%499

Collingswood (in town)right here

6%401

Camden2.1 mi away

5%342

Mount Laurel9.7 mi away

4%272

Evesham10.2 mi away

3%191

Pennsauken3.8 mi away

3%185

Moorestown8.4 mi away

2%150

Voorhees8.1 mi away

2%120

Washington11.5 mi away

2%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,045

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

How far

How far Collingswood commutes

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

64%

15%

13%

64%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Collingswood is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Collingswood are

4,189 jobs are based in Collingswood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Collingswood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Collingswood

4,189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Collingswood residents hold

6,559 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+27%

Jobs based in Collingswood, 2013 → 2023: 3,286 → 4,189. 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.