Work & commute · Pennsville

Work & commute in Pennsville, NJ

Most working residents leave Pennsville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Logan (6%), Philadelphia (5%) and Carneys Point (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

743 of 6,630 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 5,887 Pennsville residents head out of town to work, 743 work right here, and 1,959 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pennsville.

5,887live here, work elsewhere

743live and work here

1,959work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pennsville goes to work

Pennsville (in town)right here

11%743

Logan13.9 mi away

6%390

Philadelphia, PA33 mi away

5%305

Carneys Point5.7 mi away

4%257

Salem4.3 mi away

4%248

Wilmington, DE7.7 mi away

3%199

Vineland29.2 mi away

2%138

Penns Grove7.2 mi away

2%112

West Deptford22.6 mi away

2%108

Woolwich12.4 mi away

2%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%4,024

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

How far

How far Pennsville commutes

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

34%

26%

24%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pennsville is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pennsville are

2,702 jobs are based in Pennsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pennsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pennsville

2,702 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Pennsville residents hold

6,630 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−11%

Jobs based in Pennsville, 2013 → 2023: 3,049 → 2,702. 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.