Work & commute · Pitman

Work & commute in Pitman, NJ

Most working residents leave Pitman for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (10%), Washington (5%) and Deptford (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

292 of 4,601 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,309 Pitman residents head out of town to work, 292 work right here, and 1,316 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pitman.

4,309live here, work elsewhere

292live and work here

1,316work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pitman goes to work

Philadelphia, PA19.1 mi away

10%480

Pitman (in town)right here

6%292

Washington3.4 mi away

5%231

Deptford5.8 mi away

3%157

Glassboro2.5 mi away

3%146

West Deptford8.1 mi away

3%137

Mantua3.1 mi away

3%122

Camden14.1 mi away

3%120

Vineland19.8 mi away

2%114

Cherry Hill13.8 mi away

2%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,690

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

How far

How far Pitman commutes

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

37%

43%

10%

37%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pitman is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pitman are

1,608 jobs are based in Pitman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pitman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pitman

1,608 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Pitman residents hold

4,601 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−10%

Jobs based in Pitman, 2013 → 2023: 1,793 → 1,608. 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.