Work & commute · Penns Grove

Work & commute in Penns Grove, NJ

Most working residents leave Penns Grove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Logan (12%), Carneys Point (9%) and Philadelphia (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 2,052 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,977 Penns Grove residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 626 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penns Grove.

1,977live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

626work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penns Grove goes to work

Logan7.5 mi away

12%241

Carneys Point2.6 mi away

9%175

Philadelphia, PA26.4 mi away

5%106

Penns Grove (in town)right here

4%75

Oldmans3.2 mi away

3%56

Woolwich7.6 mi away

3%55

Vineland31 mi away

2%43

Pennsville7.2 mi away

2%38

Trenton50.7 mi away

2%36

Mount Laurel33.8 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,192

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

How far

How far Penns Grove commutes

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

38%

20%

22%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penns Grove is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Penns Grove are

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

Jobs based in Penns Grove

701 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Penns Grove residents hold

2,052 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+35%

Jobs based in Penns Grove, 2013 → 2023: 518 → 701. 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.