Work & commute · West Deptford

Work & commute in West Deptford, NJ

Most working residents leave West Deptford for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (10%), Cherry Hill (4%) and Camden (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,125 of 11,127 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,002 West Deptford residents head out of town to work, 1,125 work right here, and 12,428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Deptford.

10,002live here, work elsewhere

1,125live and work here

12,428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Deptford goes to work

Philadelphia, PA11.8 mi away

10%1,134

West Deptford (in town)right here

10%1,125

Cherry Hill10.8 mi away

4%464

Camden7.7 mi away

4%443

Woodbury1.8 mi away

3%347

Deptford4 mi away

3%321

Washington8.9 mi away

3%315

Mount Laurel16.7 mi away

3%292

Logan9.7 mi away

3%283

Evesham15.1 mi away

2%213

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%6,190

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

How far

How far West Deptford commutes

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

42%

37%

13%

42%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Deptford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Deptford are

13,553 jobs are based in West Deptford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Deptford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Deptford

13,553 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs West Deptford residents hold

11,127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+33%

Jobs based in West Deptford, 2013 → 2023: 10,211 → 13,553. 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.