Work & commute · Mount Laurel

Work & commute in Mount Laurel, NJ

Most working residents leave Mount Laurel for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (10%), Cherry Hill (6%) and Moorestown (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2,653 of 21,198 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,545 Mount Laurel residents head out of town to work, 2,653 work right here, and 37,345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Laurel.

18,545live here, work elsewhere

2,653live and work here

37,345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Laurel goes to work

Mount Laurel (in town)right here

13%2,653

Philadelphia, PA13 mi away

10%2,124

Cherry Hill6 mi away

6%1,274

Moorestown3 mi away

5%1,052

Evesham6.4 mi away

5%984

Camden11 mi away

3%655

Voorhees7.5 mi away

2%463

Trenton20.3 mi away

2%370

Pennsauken8.5 mi away

2%368

Burlington8.3 mi away

1%316

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%10,939

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

How far

How far Mount Laurel commutes

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

45%

28%

12%

14%

45%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Laurel is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Laurel are

39,998 jobs are based in Mount Laurel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Laurel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Laurel

39,998 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Mount Laurel residents hold

21,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+17%

Jobs based in Mount Laurel, 2013 → 2023: 34,314 → 39,998. 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.