Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Gibbsboro (7.9%) than in 88% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. Gibbsboro grades B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Measured by household income, Gibbsboro is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Gibbsboro apart on work
What’s behind Gibbsboro’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gibbsboro is better than 74% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Gibbsboro’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gibbsboro could be anywhere from B− to A.
How long Gibbsboro spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gibbsboro workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 853 commuters (the 17% 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.
How many people are in Gibbsboro by day
On a workday 1,145 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 955 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Gibbsboro clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
What the 1,003 jobs in Gibbsboro are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibbsboro, 2014 → 2024: 1,194 → 1,003. 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 Gibbsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Gibbsboro to work
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Gibbsboro
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gibbsboro is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Gibbsboro near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,031 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 6.3% of Gibbsboro households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Gibbsboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
952nd of 5,102: where Gibbsboro ranks among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 56 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 950 | Ten Mile Township KS | 1,611 | $122K | 12.5% | 2.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 951 | Eldred Township PA | 1,968 | $99K | 4.9% | 1.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 952 | Gibbsboro NJ | 2,257 | $100K | 4.7% | 7.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 953 | Spring Hill Township KS | 2,006 | $111K | 1.0% | 13.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 954 | Highland Township OH | 2,284 | $82K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Gibbsboro, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work next door: 10% of Gibbsboro’s workers
The biggest share goes to Voorhees Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gibbsboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbsboro | – | B+ | A | 26 min | $100,313 |
| Voorhees Township | 7% | A− | A | 30 min | $105,473 |
| Lindenwold | 3% | C+ | A | 26 min | $55,954 |
| Echelon | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Echelon: 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 Gibbsboro’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 Gibbsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Gibbsboro?
$100,313 (±$25,152) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibbsboro?
4.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibbsboro?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibbsboro work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (11%, 15 mi), Voorhees Township (7%, 1 mi), Mount Laurel Township (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Gibbsboro walkable?
Gibbsboro is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gibbsboro without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gibbsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibbsboro
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.