Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Laurel Springs has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Measured by household income, Laurel Springs is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. 133 jobs are based in Laurel Springs; 1,177 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Laurel Springs are A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Laurel Springs, in brief
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Laurel Springs
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Laurel Springs is better than 86% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Laurel Springs’ grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, 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, Laurel Springs could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
A workday in Laurel Springs: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,157 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Laurel Springs on a workday afternoon, 52% 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.
15% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Laurel Springs clocks in
15% 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 Laurel Springs, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laurel Springs, 2014 → 2024: 164 → 133. 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 Laurel Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Laurel Springs: 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 Laurel Springs workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 926 commuters (the 12% 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 Laurel Springs’ workers travel
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Laurel Springs
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Laurel Springs is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Laurel Springs 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 1,058 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, 35% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 4.1% of Laurel Springs households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Laurel Springs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Laurel Springs next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700: 501st of 5,509 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Oldmans Township NJ | 1,954 | $113K | 3.2% | 11.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 499 | Massanutten VA | 2,261 | $108K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 8% | A |
| 500 | Tremont IL | 2,243 | $80K | 5.1% | 0.3% | 5% | A |
| 501 | Laurel Springs NJ | 1,999 | $119K | 4.3% | 5.5% | 2% | A |
| 502 | Superior WI | 2,295 | $118K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 503 | Medary WI | 1,563 | $105K | 3.8% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Laurel Springs, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Laurel Springs and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Laurel Springs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Springs | – | A | A+ | 29 min | $118,750 |
| Lindenwold | under 2% | C+ | A | 26 min | $55,954 |
| Stratford | under 2% | B+ | A | 30 min | $98,427 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Laurel Springs’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 Laurel Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Laurel Springs?
$118,750 (±$18,899) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laurel Springs?
4.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laurel Springs?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laurel Springs work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (15%, 15 mi), Voorhees Township (6%, 3 mi), Cherry Hill Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Laurel Springs walkable?
Laurel Springs is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Laurel Springs without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 35% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laurel Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laurel Springs
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.