Work & commute · Oaklyn

Work & commute in Oaklyn, NJ

Most working residents leave Oaklyn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (17%), Cherry Hill (7%) and Camden (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 2,176 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 2,129 Oaklyn residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 519 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oaklyn.

2,129live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

519work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oaklyn goes to work

Philadelphia, PA7.9 mi away

17%366

Cherry Hill4.4 mi away

7%162

Camden2.8 mi away

5%107

Mount Laurel10.1 mi away

5%98

Evesham10 mi away

3%68

Collingswood0.9 mi away

3%66

Pennsauken4.7 mi away

3%60

Moorestown9 mi away

2%51

Voorhees7.7 mi away

2%49

Oaklyn (in town)right here

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,102

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

How far

How far Oaklyn commutes

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

65%

17%

11%

65%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oaklyn is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oaklyn are

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

Jobs based in Oaklyn

566 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Oaklyn residents hold

2,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−51%

Jobs based in Oaklyn, 2013 → 2023: 1,155 → 566. 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.