Work & commute · Woolwich

Work & commute in Woolwich, NJ

Most working residents leave Woolwich for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (13%), Logan (5%) and Cherry Hill (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

304 of 6,735 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,431 Woolwich residents head out of town to work, 304 work right here, and 5,194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woolwich.

6,431live here, work elsewhere

304live and work here

5,194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woolwich goes to work

Philadelphia, PA21 mi away

13%872

Logan3.7 mi away

5%352

Woolwich (in town)right here

5%304

Cherry Hill20.7 mi away

3%187

Camden17.7 mi away

3%184

Mount Laurel26.7 mi away

2%155

West Deptford10.2 mi away

2%154

Harrison6.6 mi away

2%145

Wilmington, DE10.9 mi away

2%138

Washington13.7 mi away

2%120

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%4,124

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

How far

How far Woolwich commutes

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

23%

53%

11%

12%

23%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woolwich is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woolwich are

5,498 jobs are based in Woolwich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woolwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woolwich

5,498 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Woolwich residents hold

6,735 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+196%

Jobs based in Woolwich, 2013 → 2023: 1,860 → 5,498. 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.