Photo: Dough4872 · Public domainAudubon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
There are 2,179 jobs in Audubon for 4,379 working residents. For jobs and income Audubon is better than 94% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (A+). Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Audubon and work: the main findings
A lot of Audubon workers cross into Pennsylvania
19% of Audubon workers work outside New Jersey, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Philadelphia (14%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Most Audubon residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Audubon
69% of Audubon residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Audubon pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Audubon are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 38 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Audubon gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Audubon could be anywhere from A− to A+.
14% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Audubon clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Where in the region Audubon works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What Audubon’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Audubon, 2013 → 2023: 1,762 → 2,179. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Audubon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Audubon: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Audubon workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,822 commuters (the 20% 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.
Who commutes out of Audubon, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,213 residents head out to work, 166 work right here, and 2,013 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Audubon on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Audubon is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,791 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, 41% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 4.6% of Audubon households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Audubon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,878 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900, Audubon comes 262nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 260 | Mount Joy Township PA | 10,815 | $98K | 3.4% | 1.8% | 6% | A |
| 261 | Richmond RI | 8,128 | $125K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 9% | A |
| 262 | Audubon NJ | 8,825 | $116K | 2.9% | 4.0% | 4% | A |
| 263 | Roseland NJ | 6,417 | $164K | 2.5% | 4.9% | 5% | A |
| 264 | Farr West UT | 8,163 | $128K | 4.2% | 1.7% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns around Audubon
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Audubon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audubon | – | A | A+ | 26 min | $115,789 |
| Oaklyn | under 3% | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $84,394 |
| Mount Ephraim | under 3% | B | A | 23 min | $79,804 |
| Haddon Township | under 3% | A− | A+ | 25 min | $115,298 |
| Westmont | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Haddon Heights | under 3% | A | A | 24 min | $133,125 |
| Audubon Park | under 3% | B− | A | 22 min | $56,619 |
| Haddonfield | under 3% | A+ | A+ | 30 min | $200,400 |
Same-state neighbors only. Westmont: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Audubon’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 2023, 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: questions
What is the median household income in Audubon?
$115,789 (±$16,790) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Audubon?
2.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Audubon?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Audubon work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (14%, 9 mi), Cherry Hill Township (7%, 4 mi), Camden (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Audubon walkable?
Audubon is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.1 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Audubon without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 41% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Audubon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Audubon
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. 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.