Work & commute · Pennsauken

Work & commute in Pennsauken, NJ

Most working residents leave Pennsauken for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (11%), Cherry Hill (9%) and Camden (9%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,629 of 16,849 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,220 Pennsauken residents head out of town to work, 1,629 work right here, and 16,854 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pennsauken.

15,220live here, work elsewhere

1,629live and work here

16,854work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pennsauken goes to work

Philadelphia, PA4.9 mi away

11%1,908

Pennsauken (in town)right here

10%1,629

Cherry Hill5.5 mi away

9%1,592

Camden3.4 mi away

9%1,473

Mount Laurel8.5 mi away

5%843

Moorestown6.1 mi away

3%495

Evesham11.3 mi away

3%477

Voorhees10 mi away

2%327

Cinnaminson4.1 mi away

2%316

Deptford10.9 mi away

1%223

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%7,566

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

How far

How far Pennsauken commutes

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

62%

17%

13%

62%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pennsauken is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pennsauken are

18,483 jobs are based in Pennsauken. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pennsauken’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pennsauken

18,483 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Pennsauken residents hold

16,849 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

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Jobs based in Pennsauken, 2013 → 2023: 18,454 → 18,483. 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.