Work & commute · Riverton

Work & commute in Riverton, NJ

Most working residents leave Riverton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (13%), Cinnaminson (5%) and Mount Laurel (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 1,344 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,287 Riverton residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverton.

1,287live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverton goes to work

Philadelphia, PA6.3 mi away

13%172

Cinnaminson1.4 mi away

5%68

Mount Laurel7.4 mi away

5%67

Cherry Hill7.4 mi away

5%62

Riverton (in town)right here

4%57

Moorestown4.4 mi away

3%46

Trenton19.8 mi away

3%44

Pennsauken3.8 mi away

3%43

Camden7.1 mi away

2%30

Delran3.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%730

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

How far

How far Riverton commutes

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

52%

23%

11%

14%

52%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverton is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverton are

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

Jobs based in Riverton

590 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Riverton residents hold

1,344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+7%

Jobs based in Riverton, 2013 → 2023: 552 → 590. 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.