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Employers in Oaklyn report 566 jobs for 2,176 working residents. The two grades for Oaklyn are B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oaklyn, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in Oaklyn than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Oaklyn fell from 1,155 in 2013 to 566 in 2023, −51%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Most Oaklyn residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Oaklyn
69% of Oaklyn residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Oaklyn pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Oaklyn is a place people come home to
There are 566 jobs based in Oaklyn, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oaklyn has about 2,400 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Oaklyn are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
How Oaklyn earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oaklyn is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #281 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oaklyn could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Jobs in Oaklyn: what the 566 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oaklyn, 2013 → 2023: 1,155 → 566. 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 Oaklyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Oaklyn goes to work
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.
Oaklyn on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,129 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 519 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Oaklyn on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
How long Oaklyn spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oaklyn workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,696 commuters (the 20% 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.
17% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Oaklyn clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
Oaklyn is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oaklyn is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #110 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Oaklyn 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 2,127 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, 53% 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). 6.3% of Oaklyn households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Oaklyn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Oaklyn is 1,068th among 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,066 | Franklin Township PA | 4,781 | $100K | 7.1% | 1.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,067 | Hegins Township PA | 3,368 | $93K | 5.5% | 1.0% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,068 | Oaklyn NJ | 3,985 | $84K | 8.9% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,069 | Monroe Township IN | 3,558 | $92K | 5.4% | 3.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,070 | Van Buren Township IN | 4,324 | $73K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Oaklyn, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Oaklyn
The biggest share goes to Collingswood (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oaklyn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaklyn | – | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $84,394 |
| Audubon | under 3% | A | A+ | 26 min | $115,789 |
| Collingswood | 3% | B+ | A+ | 26 min | $90,184 |
| Haddon Township | under 3% | A− | A+ | 25 min | $115,298 |
| Audubon Park | under 3% | B− | A | 22 min | $56,619 |
| Westmont | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Westmont: 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 Oaklyn’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 Oaklyn: questions
What is the median household income in Oaklyn?
$84,394 (±$15,112) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oaklyn?
8.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oaklyn?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oaklyn work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (17%, 8 mi), Cherry Hill Township (7%, 4 mi), Camden (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oaklyn walkable?
Oaklyn is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.1 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oaklyn without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 53% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oaklyn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oaklyn
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.