Work & commute · Florence

Work & commute in Florence, NJ

Most working residents leave Florence for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Trenton (9%), Hamilton (6%) and Philadelphia (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

512 of 6,311 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,799 Florence residents head out of town to work, 512 work right here, and 5,883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Florence.

5,799live here, work elsewhere

512live and work here

5,883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Florence goes to work

Trenton9 mi away

9%551

Florence (in town)right here

8%512

Hamilton9.7 mi away

6%364

Philadelphia, PA19.3 mi away

5%299

Burlington3.6 mi away

5%296

Mount Laurel11.8 mi away

3%160

Bordentown5.3 mi away

3%160

Lawrence14.3 mi away

2%141

Robbinsville13.5 mi away

2%127

Cherry Hill17.2 mi away

2%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%3,591

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

How far

How far Florence commutes

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

40%

36%

15%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Florence is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Florence are

6,395 jobs are based in Florence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Florence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Florence

6,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Florence residents hold

6,311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+157%

Jobs based in Florence, 2013 → 2023: 2,492 → 6,395. 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.