Work & commute · Paulsboro

Work & commute in Paulsboro, NJ

Most working residents leave Paulsboro for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are West Deptford (6%), Philadelphia (6%) and Logan (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

145 of 2,748 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,603 Paulsboro residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 864 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paulsboro.

2,603live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

864work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paulsboro goes to work

West Deptford3 mi away

6%172

Philadelphia, PA13 mi away

6%161

Paulsboro (in town)right here

5%145

Logan7 mi away

5%145

Deptford6.7 mi away

3%91

Cherry Hill13.6 mi away

3%83

Camden9.7 mi away

3%75

Greenwich2.8 mi away

3%69

Woodbury4.7 mi away

2%61

Mount Laurel19.5 mi away

2%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,686

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

How far

How far Paulsboro commutes

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

39%

34%

10%

17%

39%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paulsboro is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paulsboro are

1,009 jobs are based in Paulsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paulsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paulsboro

1,009 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Paulsboro residents hold

2,748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−35%

Jobs based in Paulsboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,545 → 1,009. 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.