Whitney Mansion · Photo: BobGalasso · CC BY-SA 3.0At 7.4%, unemployment in Glassboro is higher than in 85% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. The two grades for Glassboro are B− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Only 7% stay in Glassboro for work; outside it, Philadelphia is the main destination (8%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Glassboro in brief
Glassboro trades workers with the towns around it
Glassboro has about as many jobs (8,695) as working residents (8,611), but they are mostly different people: 7,991 residents leave for work each day while 8,075 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Glassboro are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Glassboro’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, PA, gets only 8% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Glassboro residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Glassboro draws workers from far and wide
The 8,695 jobs in Glassboro are filled from a wide area. Glassboro’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Glassboro’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glassboro is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #399 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Glassboro’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Glassboro could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Glassboro
On a workday 7,991 residents head out to work, 620 work right here, and 8,075 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 (1.01 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.
Commuting out of Glassboro: the destinations
Where Glassboro clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
The 8,695 jobs based in Glassboro
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glassboro, 2014 → 2024: 8,500 → 8,695. 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 Glassboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Glassboro: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glassboro workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,358 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 far it is to work from Glassboro
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
In Glassboro, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glassboro is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #148 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Glassboro 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 11,238 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 62% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 24% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 11.6% of Glassboro households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Glassboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Glassboro next to U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000: 1,089th of 1,642 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Westfield NJ | 32,595 | $233K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Cranford Township NJ | 24,725 | $156K | 2.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,087 | Superior WI | 26,397 | $64K | 13.3% | 3.2% | 41% | B− |
| 1,088 | Saugerties NY | 19,393 | $78K | 9.8% | 3.6% | 23% | B− |
| 1,089 | Glassboro NJ | 24,483 | $87K | 13.4% | 7.4% | 7% | B− |
| 1,090 | Parma Heights OH | 20,327 | $61K | 13.9% | 4.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,091 | Eustis FL | 25,483 | $65K | 9.6% | 3.8% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Glassboro, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Glassboro and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glassboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glassboro | – | B− | A+ | 28 min | $87,278 |
| Washington Township | 5% | A | B+ | 29 min | $114,249 |
| Elk Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $141,382 |
| Pitman | under 2% | A− | A− | 29 min | $98,489 |
| Clayton | under 2% | B | A− | 32 min | $90,274 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | B | A− | 32 min | $96,980 |
| Richwood | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Harrison Township | 2% | A | C+ | 27 min | $165,927 |
Same-state neighbors only. Richwood: 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 Glassboro’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 Glassboro: questions
What is the median household income in Glassboro?
$87,278 (±$11,576) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glassboro?
13.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glassboro?
28 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 Glassboro work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 21 mi), Washington Township (5%, 4 mi), Vineland (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Glassboro walkable?
Glassboro is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.4 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glassboro without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 24% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glassboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glassboro
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.