Work & commute · Merchantville

Work & commute in Merchantville, NJ

Most working residents leave Merchantville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (14%), Cherry Hill (10%) and Camden (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 1,761 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,707 Merchantville residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 497 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merchantville.

1,707live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

497work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merchantville goes to work

Philadelphia, PA6 mi away

14%242

Cherry Hill4.2 mi away

10%169

Camden3.1 mi away

7%130

Mount Laurel8 mi away

6%111

Pennsauken1.3 mi away

5%86

Evesham10.2 mi away

3%61

Merchantville (in town)right here

3%54

Moorestown6 mi away

2%41

Cinnaminson4.6 mi away

2%33

Voorhees8.7 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%803

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

How far

How far Merchantville commutes

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

62%

16%

13%

62%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merchantville is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merchantville are

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

Jobs based in Merchantville

551 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Merchantville residents hold

1,761 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−6%

Jobs based in Merchantville, 2013 → 2023: 585 → 551. 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.