Work & commute · Lumberton

Work & commute in Lumberton, NJ

Most working residents leave Lumberton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (6%), Mount Laurel (6%) and Trenton (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

298 of 6,629 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 6,331 Lumberton residents head out of town to work, 298 work right here, and 4,014 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lumberton.

6,331live here, work elsewhere

298live and work here

4,014work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lumberton goes to work

Philadelphia, PA17.9 mi away

6%423

Mount Laurel5.2 mi away

6%374

Lumberton (in town)right here

4%298

Trenton18.4 mi away

4%285

Moorestown7.5 mi away

4%234

Cherry Hill11 mi away

3%232

Mount Holly2.7 mi away

3%224

Evesham8.8 mi away

3%221

Hainesport2.2 mi away

3%199

Westampton4.2 mi away

2%138

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%4,001

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

How far

How far Lumberton commutes

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

34%

37%

17%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lumberton is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lumberton are

4,312 jobs are based in Lumberton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lumberton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lumberton

4,312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Lumberton residents hold

6,629 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 month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−15%

Jobs based in Lumberton, 2013 → 2023: 5,089 → 4,312. 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.