Work & commute · Deptford

Work & commute in Deptford, NJ

Most working residents leave Deptford for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (11%), Washington (4%) and Camden (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,165 of 15,494 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,329 Deptford residents head out of town to work, 1,165 work right here, and 12,230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deptford.

14,329live here, work elsewhere

1,165live and work here

12,230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deptford goes to work

Philadelphia, PA13.3 mi away

11%1,634

Deptford (in town)right here

8%1,165

Washington5.4 mi away

4%611

Camden8.3 mi away

4%602

Cherry Hill8.8 mi away

4%596

West Deptford4 mi away

4%543

Mount Laurel14.6 mi away

3%457

Woodbury2.3 mi away

3%388

Gloucester4.6 mi away

2%375

Evesham11.8 mi away

2%341

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%8,782

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

How far

How far Deptford commutes

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

42%

36%

13%

42%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deptford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Deptford are

13,395 jobs are based in Deptford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deptford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deptford

13,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Deptford residents hold

15,494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+4%

Jobs based in Deptford, 2013 → 2023: 12,876 → 13,395. 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.