Work & commute · Glassboro

Work & commute in Glassboro, NJ

Most working residents leave Glassboro for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Washington (5%) and Vineland (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

647 of 8,548 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,901 Glassboro residents head out of town to work, 647 work right here, and 7,966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glassboro.

7,901live here, work elsewhere

647live and work here

7,966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glassboro goes to work

Philadelphia, PA21.4 mi away

9%743

Glassboro (in town)right here

8%647

Washington4.1 mi away

5%458

Vineland17.3 mi away

4%307

Cherry Hill15.4 mi away

3%247

Camden16.4 mi away

3%214

Gloucester7.6 mi away

2%190

Harrison5.3 mi away

2%172

West Deptford10.6 mi away

2%168

Mount Laurel20.6 mi away

2%163

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%5,239

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

How far

How far Glassboro commutes

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

29%

42%

14%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glassboro 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 Glassboro are

8,613 jobs are based in Glassboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glassboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glassboro

8,613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Glassboro residents hold

8,548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+9%

Jobs based in Glassboro, 2013 → 2023: 7,933 → 8,613. 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.