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Work & commute in Turnersville · A commuter town

99% of Turnersville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Turnersville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (14%), Washington (12%) and Cherry Hill (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
1%
26 of 1,783 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
34 min
More than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
17%
Less than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
1,229
A commuter town
Work out of state
26%
mostly Pennsylvania

What kind of work town is Turnersville?

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

★ What stands out · The commute map

14% 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.

LindenwoldPine HillCamden: 51 residents work here (3%)Philadelphia: 245 residents work here (14%)Evesham: 34 residents work here (2%)Washington: 218 residents work here (12%)MonroeCherry Hill: 86 residents work here (5%)Deptford: 50 residents work here (3%)West Deptford: 34 residents work here (2%)Gloucester: 66 residents work here (4%)Winslow: 31 residents work here (2%)Voorhees: 43 residents work here (2%)GrenlochTurnersvillePhiladelphiaWashingtonCherry HillGloucesterCamdenDeptfordTurnersville
1
Philadelphia, PA17.2 mi away
14%245
2
Washington1.3 mi away
12%218
3
Cherry Hill10.2 mi away
5%86
4
Gloucester2.2 mi away
4%66
5
Camden12 mi away
3%51
6
Deptford4.5 mi away
3%50
7
Voorhees8.1 mi away
2%43
8
Evesham10.6 mi away
2%34
9
West Deptford8.3 mi away
2%34
10
Winslow9.3 mi away
2%31
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%925
The top trips

Where Turnersville clocks in

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

The jobs

What the 1,229 jobs in Turnersville are

1,229 jobs are based in Turnersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Turnersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in TurnersvilleJobs Turnersville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms9%12%
Trade, transport & utilities21%20%
Services: health, schools, offices70%68%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%19%
Over $3,333 a month48%70%

Who does it

29 or younger25%21%
30 to 5449%51%
55 and older26%29%
+69%

Jobs based in Turnersville, 2013 → 2023: 726 → 1,229. 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

16% of Turnersville works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Washington (12%). Darker towns draw more of Turnersville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Grenloch24 min
Gloucester29 min
Washington29 min
Turnersville34 min
Day and night

Turnersville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 1,757 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 1,203 people come in from elsewhere.

1,757live here, work elsewhere
26live and work here
1,203work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night3,100
Workday2,600
3,100live here− 1,800head out to work+ 1,200come in to work= 2,600on a workday

About 2,600 people are in Turnersville on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.69jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.69 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 Turnersville commutes less than 13 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: 14% · 17.2 miWashington: 12% · 1.3 miCherry Hill: 5% · 10.2 miGloucester: 4% · 2.2 miCamden: 3% · 12 miDeptford: 3% · 4.5 miVoorhees: 2% · 8.1 miEvesham: 2% · 10.6 miWest Deptford: 2% · 8.3 miWinslow: 2% · 9.3 miPhiladelphia 14%Washington 12%Cherry Hill 5%Gloucester 4%Camden 3%Turnersville
TurnersvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
40%Under 10 mi704 residents
38%10–24 mi672 residents
9%25–50 mi164 residents
13%Over 50 mi227 residents

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

Time on the road

About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey

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

A year of commuting
261 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Turnersville34 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
17%

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

About 2 in 10
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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