Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Magnolia has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. There are 798 jobs in Magnolia; 2,269 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Magnolia is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Magnolia stands out on work
No single place dominates Magnolia’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, PA, gets only 8% of working residents, and 54% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Magnolia residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Magnolia
67% of Magnolia residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Magnolia pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Magnolia empties out on a workday
About 2,900 people are in Magnolia on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 4,400 who live here: 2,200 head out to work and 760 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Magnolia’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Magnolia’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, 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, Magnolia could be anywhere from B− to A+.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Magnolia clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 kinds of work in Magnolia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Magnolia, 2014 → 2024: 842 → 798. 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 Magnolia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Magnolia for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,230 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 759 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Magnolia on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The daily trip from Magnolia: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Magnolia workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,005 commuters (the 13% 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 Magnolia’s 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: Magnolia
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,303 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, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 3.1% of Magnolia households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Magnolia’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Magnolia is 1,064th of 4,000 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,062 | Barbecue NC | 5,910 | $79K | 3.9% | 1.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,063 | Fairbury IL | 3,597 | $71K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 19% | B+ |
| 1,064 | Magnolia NJ | 4,415 | $101K | 6.9% | 6.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,065 | Deep River CT | 4,468 | $90K | 8.2% | 3.1% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,066 | Benton Township IN | 3,203 | $90K | 6.8% | 2.0% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Magnolia, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Magnolia: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Gloucester Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Magnolia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia | – | B+ | A | 27 min | $100,511 |
| Somerdale | under 3% | B− | A | 24 min | $85,625 |
| Lawnside | under 3% | C | A+ | 29 min | $71,607 |
| Runnemede | under 3% | B+ | A | 27 min | $91,302 |
| Gloucester Township | 2% | B+ | A | 29 min | $101,119 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Magnolia’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 Magnolia: questions
What is the median household income in Magnolia?
$100,511 (±$22,213) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Magnolia?
6.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Magnolia?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Magnolia work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 12 mi), Cherry Hill Township (7%, 4 mi), Mount Laurel Township (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Magnolia walkable?
Magnolia is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Magnolia without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Magnolia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Magnolia
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.