Work & commute · Gloucester

Work & commute in Gloucester, NJ

Most working residents leave Gloucester for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Camden (6%) and Cherry Hill (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

495 of 5,529 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 5,034 Gloucester residents head out of town to work, 495 work right here, and 2,724 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gloucester.

5,034live here, work elsewhere

495live and work here

2,724work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gloucester goes to work

Philadelphia, PA8.2 mi away

9%496

Gloucester City (in town)right here

9%495

Camden3.2 mi away

6%333

Cherry Hill6.4 mi away

5%262

Mount Laurel12.1 mi away

3%157

West Deptford4.9 mi away

3%150

Deptford5.2 mi away

3%142

Voorhees9.2 mi away

2%134

Evesham11.7 mi away

2%126

Pennsauken6.1 mi away

2%119

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%3,115

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

How far

How far Gloucester commutes

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

56%

19%

17%

56%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gloucester is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gloucester are

3,219 jobs are based in Gloucester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gloucester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gloucester

3,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Gloucester residents hold

5,529 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+8%

Jobs based in Gloucester, 2013 → 2023: 2,984 → 3,219. 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.