Work & commute · Medford

Work & commute in Medford, NJ

Most working residents leave Medford for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Evesham (7%) and Mount Laurel (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,151 of 11,222 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,071 Medford residents head out of town to work, 1,151 work right here, and 6,986 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medford.

10,071live here, work elsewhere

1,151live and work here

6,986work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medford goes to work

Medford (in town)right here

10%1,151

Philadelphia, PA19.2 mi away

8%909

Evesham4.1 mi away

7%778

Mount Laurel7.1 mi away

6%708

Cherry Hill9.6 mi away

5%525

Moorestown10.1 mi away

3%379

Voorhees6.9 mi away

3%337

Camden15.8 mi away

2%261

Trenton25.1 mi away

2%183

Mount Holly9.3 mi away

2%171

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%5,820

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

How far

How far Medford commutes

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

39%

34%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medford is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Medford are

8,137 jobs are based in Medford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Medford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Medford

8,137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Medford residents hold

11,222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+5%

Jobs based in Medford, 2013 → 2023: 7,771 → 8,137. 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.