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Work & commute in Springdale · A commuter town

97% of Springdale’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Springdale for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (18%), Cherry Hill (13%) and Evesham (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Work in town
3%
187 of 6,105 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
27 min
Less than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
28%
More than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
2,021
A commuter town
Work out of state
17%
mostly Pennsylvania

What kind of work town is Springdale?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

18% of working residents work in Philadelphia

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Haddonfield: 59 residents work here (1%)LindenwoldTrenton: 75 residents work here (1%)Camden: 284 residents work here (5%)Philadelphia: 1,070 residents work here (18%)Evesham: 287 residents work here (5%)Moorestown: 158 residents work here (3%)Cherry Hill: 814 residents work here (13%)Mount Laurel: 287 residents work here (5%)GloucesterWinslowPennsauken: 94 residents work here (2%)Voorhees: 252 residents work here (4%)BarclayAshlandGreentreeSpringdalePhiladelphiaCherry HillEveshamMount LaurelCamdenVoorheesSpringdale
1
Philadelphia, PA12.5 mi away
18%1,070
2
Cherry Hill2.4 mi away
13%814
3
Evesham4 mi away
5%287
4
Mount Laurel6.3 mi away
5%287
5
Camden8.3 mi away
5%284
6
Voorhees2.2 mi away
4%252
7
Moorestown7.3 mi away
3%158
8
Pennsauken7.8 mi away
2%94
9
Trenton26.4 mi away
1%75
10
Haddonfield3.6 mi away
1%59
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%2,725
The top trips

Where Springdale clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
209 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Springdale27 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
28%

of Springdale workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
Day and night

Springdale quiets down on a workday

On a workday 5,918 residents head out to work, 187 work right here, and 1,834 people come in from elsewhere.

5,918live here, work elsewhere
187live and work here
1,834work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night15,000
Workday11,000
15,000live here− 5,900head out to work+ 1,800come in to work= 11,000on a workday

About 11,000 people are in Springdale on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.33jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Springdale commutes less than 12 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miPhiladelphia: 18% · 12.5 miCherry Hill: 13% · 2.4 miEvesham: 5% · 4 miMount Laurel: 5% · 6.3 miCamden: 5% · 8.3 miVoorhees: 4% · 2.2 miMoorestown: 3% · 7.3 miPennsauken: 2% · 7.8 miTrenton: 1% · 26.4 miHaddonfield: 1% · 3.6 miPhiladelphia 18%Cherry Hill 13%Evesham 5%Mount Laurel 5%Camden 5%Springdale
SpringdaleTop destinations (size = commuters)
45%Under 10 mi2,732 residents
30%10–24 mi1,801 residents
12%25–50 mi705 residents
14%Over 50 mi818 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 2,021 jobs in Springdale are

2,021 jobs are based in Springdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Springdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in SpringdaleJobs Springdale residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%8%
Trade, transport & utilities18%17%
Services: health, schools, offices79%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less23%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%17%
Over $3,333 a month45%72%

Who does it

29 or younger25%17%
30 to 5444%54%
55 and older31%29%
−18%

Jobs based in Springdale, 2013 → 2023: 2,452 → 2,021. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Springdale and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Voorhees (4%). Darker towns draw more of Springdale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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