Work & commute · Sewell

Work & commute in Sewell, NJ

Most working residents leave Sewell for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (11%), Mantua (7%) and Washington (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,751 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,730 Sewell residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 1,574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sewell.

1,730live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

1,574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sewell goes to work

Philadelphia, PA16.6 mi away

11%196

Mantua1.6 mi away

7%128

Washington4.3 mi away

5%80

Camden11.8 mi away

4%76

Harrison4.4 mi away

3%61

Cherry Hill12.2 mi away

3%50

West Deptford5.5 mi away

3%48

Mount Laurel18 mi away

3%48

Deptford3.6 mi away

3%47

Gloucester6 mi away

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%975

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

How far

How far Sewell commutes

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

37%

45%

37%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sewell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sewell are

1,595 jobs are based in Sewell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sewell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sewell

1,595 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sewell residents hold

1,751 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+36%

Jobs based in Sewell, 2013 → 2023: 1,172 → 1,595. 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.