Photo: Deadhenry · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Linwood top those of 96% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 2.0% of residents (New Jersey 9.7%). The two grades for Linwood are A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 8% work in Linwood; the top destination outside it is Atlantic City (15%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Linwood: the figures worth knowing
Commutes from Linwood are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Linwood is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 9% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Linwood
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Linwood is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #256 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate holds Linwood’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (7.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Linwood could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The trip to work from Linwood: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linwood workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,671 commuters (the 19% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Linwood
2,493 jobs are based in Linwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linwood, 2014 → 2024: 2,704 → 2,493. 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 Linwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Linwood
On a workday 3,051 residents head out to work, 255 work right here, and 2,238 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Linwood on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 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.
Where Linwood goes to work
Where Linwood clocks in
10% 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.
The distance from Linwood to work
About 18% 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.
Linwood is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Linwood is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #352 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,294 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 89% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 60% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 4.2% of Linwood households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Linwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Linwood is 876th among 3,227 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 874 | Springville AL | 5,597 | $84K | 4.1% | 3.2% | 5% | A− |
| 875 | Cheverly MD | 6,164 | $124K | 6.3% | 7.2% | 1% | A− |
| 876 | Linwood NJ | 7,051 | $156K | 2.0% | 7.4% | 8% | A− |
| 877 | Middlebury Township IN | 9,003 | $89K | 7.7% | 2.1% | 28% | A− |
| 878 | Spring Arbor Township MI | 8,526 | $87K | 6.5% | 2.1% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Linwood, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door is work for 22% of Linwood
The biggest share goes to Egg Harbor Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Linwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood | – | A− | B+ | 23 min | $156,354 |
| Egg Harbor Township | 10% | B− | B | 23 min | $97,190 |
| Bargaintown | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Northfield | 5% | A− | A− | 22 min | $111,599 |
| Somers Point | 7% | C+ | A+ | 24 min | $71,062 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bargaintown: 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 Linwood’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 Linwood: questions
What is the median household income in Linwood?
$156,354 (±$31,226) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linwood?
2.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linwood?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linwood work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (15%, 7 mi), Egg Harbor Township (10%, 3 mi), Somers Point (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Linwood walkable?
Linwood is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 14.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Linwood without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 60% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Linwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linwood
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.