Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Audubon Park has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For jobs and income Audubon Park is better than 53% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (A). Employers in Audubon Park report 42 jobs; 492 of its residents have a job. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Audubon Park, in a few figures
Audubon Park is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Audubon Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Audubon Park has about 550 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Audubon Park residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Audubon Park are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 492 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Audubon Park’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Audubon Park’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,619, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (8.7%) is left out: Audubon Park’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Audubon Park could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
A workday in Audubon Park: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Audubon Park on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Half of Audubon Park commutes less than 8 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting to work from Audubon Park takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Audubon Park workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
12% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Audubon Park clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Audubon Park, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Audubon Park, 2014 → 2024: 258 → 42. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Audubon Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Audubon Park is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 519 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.8% of Audubon Park households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Audubon Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Audubon Park is 917th among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Port Republic NJ | 1,125 | $123K | 1.3% | 9.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Califon NJ | 1,034 | $128K | 7.5% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 254 | Ship Bottom NJ | 1,126 | $109K | 3.7% | 2.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 915 | Winhall VT | 1,147 | $96K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 10% | B− |
| 916 | Harford Township PA | 1,249 | $90K | 7.9% | 4.3% | 5% | B− |
| 917 | Audubon Park NJ | 1,004 | $57K | 12.4% | 8.7% | 1% | B− |
| 918 | Lewis Township IN | 1,333 | $82K | 3.9% | 3.1% | <1% | B− |
| 919 | Lewis NY | 1,239 | $82K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Audubon Park, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Audubon Park and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Audubon (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Audubon Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audubon Park | – | B− | A | 22 min | $56,619 |
| Oaklyn | under 3% | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $84,394 |
| Audubon | 6% | A | A+ | 26 min | $115,789 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Audubon Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Audubon Park: questions
What is the median household income in Audubon Park?
$56,619 (±$7,274) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Audubon Park?
12.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Audubon Park?
22 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Audubon Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (12%, 8 mi), Audubon (6%, 1 mi), Camden (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Audubon Park walkable?
Audubon Park is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Audubon Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Audubon Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Audubon Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.