With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lindenwold works elsewhere
There are 1,905 jobs in Lindenwold, against 8,485 working residents. The two grades for Lindenwold are C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Lindenwold, in brief
No single place dominates Lindenwold’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, PA, gets only 7% of working residents, and 59% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Lindenwold residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Lindenwold 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 ↓
Lindenwold has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Lindenwold went from 1,410 in 2013 to 1,905 in 2023, +35%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Lindenwold’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lindenwold is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #430 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Lindenwold’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lindenwold could be anywhere from C− to B.
7% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Lindenwold clocks in
7% 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.
Commuting from Lindenwold: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lindenwold workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,974 commuters (the 6% 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.
What Lindenwold’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lindenwold, 2013 → 2023: 1,410 → 1,905. 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 Lindenwold’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Lindenwold by day
On a workday 8,254 residents head out to work, 231 work right here, and 1,674 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Lindenwold on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lindenwold
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 2023.
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: Lindenwold
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lindenwold is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #216 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Lindenwold 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 10,611 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 90% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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). 11.7% of Lindenwold households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Lindenwold’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lindenwold next to U.S. towns of 15,000 to 30,000: 1,379th of 1,847 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,377 | Hampton Township IL | 21,050 | $64K | 15.9% | 4.8% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,378 | Perry GA | 25,699 | $77K | 13.9% | 4.6% | 16% | C+ |
| 1,379 | Lindenwold NJ | 21,952 | $56K | 21.1% | 4.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,380 | Bayou Cane LA | 21,253 | $74K | 16.0% | 5.0% | 19% | C+ |
| 1,381 | Henderson KY | 27,822 | $48K | 18.7% | 2.4% | 33% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,847 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Lindenwold, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
How Lindenwold compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Voorhees Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lindenwold workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindenwold | – | C+ | A | 26 min | $55,954 |
| Gibbsboro | under 2% | B+ | A | 26 min | $100,313 |
| Clementon | under 2% | B− | A+ | 23 min | $62,979 |
| Laurel Springs | under 2% | A | A+ | 29 min | $118,750 |
| Stratford | under 2% | B+ | A | 30 min | $98,427 |
| Echelon | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Voorhees Township | 5% | A− | A | 30 min | $105,473 |
| Gloucester Township | 4% | B+ | A | 29 min | $101,119 |
| Pine Hill | under 2% | C+ | A− | 32 min | $72,588 |
| Somerdale | under 2% | B− | A | 24 min | $85,625 |
| West Berlin | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Echelon and West Berlin: 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 Lindenwold’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 Lindenwold: questions
What is the median household income in Lindenwold?
$55,954 (±$5,737) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lindenwold?
21.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lindenwold?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lindenwold work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (7%, 15 mi), Cherry Hill Township (6%, 6 mi), Voorhees Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lindenwold walkable?
Lindenwold is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lindenwold without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lindenwold, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lindenwold
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.