Work & commute · Gloucester

Work & commute in Gloucester, NJ

Most working residents leave Gloucester for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (11%), Cherry Hill (5%) and Camden (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,568 of 32,583 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,015 Gloucester residents head out of town to work, 2,568 work right here, and 11,858 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gloucester.

30,015live here, work elsewhere

2,568live and work here

11,858work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gloucester goes to work

Philadelphia, PA15.9 mi away

11%3,582

Gloucester (in town)right here

8%2,568

Cherry Hill8 mi away

5%1,645

Camden10.7 mi away

5%1,489

Washington3.5 mi away

4%1,388

Mount Laurel13 mi away

4%1,199

Voorhees5.9 mi away

3%1,136

Evesham8.4 mi away

3%1,032

Deptford4.6 mi away

2%674

Moorestown13.8 mi away

2%518

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%17,352

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.

43%

34%

11%

13%

43%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gloucester is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gloucester are

14,426 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

14,426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Gloucester residents hold

32,583 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

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Jobs based in Gloucester, 2013 → 2023: 14,442 → 14,426. 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.