Work & commute · Linwood

Work & commute in Linwood, NJ

Most working residents leave Linwood for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic City (15%), Egg Harbor (10%) and Somers Point (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

230 of 3,246 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,016 Linwood residents head out of town to work, 230 work right here, and 2,300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linwood.

3,016live here, work elsewhere

230live and work here

2,300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linwood goes to work

Atlantic City6.8 mi away

15%494

Egg Harbor3.4 mi away

10%317

Linwood (in town)right here

7%230

Somers Point2.6 mi away

7%219

Northfield2.2 mi away

5%169

Galloway11.4 mi away

4%122

Ocean City5.4 mi away

3%94

Hamilton13 mi away

2%79

Pleasantville4.5 mi away

2%77

Margate City3.5 mi away

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,371

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

How far

How far Linwood commutes

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

58%

14%

19%

58%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Linwood are

2,530 jobs are based in Linwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Linwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Linwood

2,530 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Linwood residents hold

3,246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−3%

Jobs based in Linwood, 2013 → 2023: 2,617 → 2,530. 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.