Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, NJ

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Washington (7%) and Cherry Hill (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,479 of 16,987 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,508 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 1,479 work right here, and 6,119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

15,508live here, work elsewhere

1,479live and work here

6,119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Monroe (in town)right here

9%1,479

Philadelphia, PA25.7 mi away

8%1,364

Washington8.1 mi away

7%1,217

Cherry Hill17 mi away

4%596

Gloucester9.8 mi away

3%589

Vineland13.5 mi away

3%529

Camden20.5 mi away

3%495

Evesham14.1 mi away

3%465

Voorhees13.1 mi away

3%436

Mount Laurel20.3 mi away

3%430

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%9,387

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

28%

47%

14%

11%

28%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

7,598 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

7,598 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

16,987 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+27%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 5,981 → 7,598. 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.