Chew-Powell House · Photo: Smallbones · CC0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Gloucester Township works elsewhere
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. 14,426 jobs are based in Gloucester Township for 32,583 working residents. Gloucester Township grades B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Gloucester Township stands out on work
Inside Gloucester Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gloucester Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #323 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Gloucester Township’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.0%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Gloucester Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
11% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Gloucester Township clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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.
Gloucester Township by day and by night
On a workday 30,015 residents head out to work, 2,568 work right here, and 11,858 people come in from elsewhere.
About 49,000 people are in Gloucester Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The kinds of work in Gloucester Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gloucester Township, 2013 → 2023: 14,442 → 14,426. 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 Gloucester Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Gloucester Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gloucester Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28,924 commuters (the 15% 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.
Miles to work from Gloucester Township
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Gloucester Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gloucester Township is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #276 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Gloucester Township 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 34,217 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 60% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 7.1% of Gloucester Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Gloucester Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Gloucester Township is 317th of 660 U.S. towns of 47,000 to 91,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 47 | Wayne Township NJ | 54,819 | $153K | 3.4% | 4.9% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Mount Laurel Township NJ | 47,738 | $119K | 4.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Evesham Township NJ | 49,525 | $119K | 3.6% | 4.3% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 315 | Santa Monica CA | 90,082 | $115K | 11.2% | 6.7% | 17% | B+ |
| 316 | Aspen Hill MD | 53,279 | $112K | 9.7% | 7.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 317 | Gloucester Township NJ | 67,085 | $101K | 8.4% | 7.0% | 8% | B+ |
| 318 | Covina CA | 49,404 | $99K | 8.9% | 6.9% | 7% | B+ |
| 319 | Brentwood CA | 66,607 | $142K | 8.3% | 5.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 660 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | 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 Gloucester Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door to Gloucester Township
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gloucester Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester Township | – | B+ | A | 29 min | $101,119 |
| Washington Township | 4% | A | B+ | 29 min | $114,249 |
| Sicklerville | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Deptford Township | 2% | B+ | B+ | 26 min | $91,706 |
| Stratford | under 2% | B+ | A | 30 min | $98,427 |
| Pine Hill | under 2% | C+ | A− | 32 min | $72,588 |
| Lindenwold | under 2% | C+ | A | 26 min | $55,954 |
| Runnemede | under 2% | B+ | A | 27 min | $91,302 |
| Turnersville | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sicklerville and Turnersville: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gloucester Township’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 Gloucester Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gloucester Township?
$101,119 (±$4,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gloucester Township?
8.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gloucester Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gloucester Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (11%, 16 mi), Cherry Hill Township (5%, 8 mi), Camden (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gloucester Township walkable?
Gloucester Township is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gloucester Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gloucester Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gloucester Township
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.