Work & commute · Westville

Work & commute in Westville, NJ

Most working residents leave Westville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Cherry Hill (5%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 2,037 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,950 Westville residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 1,714 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westville.

1,950live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

1,714work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westville goes to work

Philadelphia, PA9.7 mi away

9%189

Cherry Hill7.5 mi away

5%112

Westville (in town)right here

4%87

Washington9 mi away

4%87

Deptford3.7 mi away

4%82

West Deptford3.4 mi away

4%78

Camden4.8 mi away

4%75

Mount Laurel13.4 mi away

3%65

Logan13 mi away

3%55

Woodbury2.4 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,162

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

How far

How far Westville commutes

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

50%

28%

13%

50%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westville are

1,801 jobs are based in Westville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westville

1,801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Westville residents hold

2,037 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+31%

Jobs based in Westville, 2013 → 2023: 1,377 → 1,801. 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.