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 4.0Paulsboro has higher unemployment (13.0%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. Jobs and income earn Paulsboro C; getting around on foot earns it A−. For 8% of workers, the job is at home (New Jersey 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Paulsboro
No single place dominates Paulsboro’s commute
The biggest draw, West Deptford Township, gets only 7% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Paulsboro residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Paulsboro than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Paulsboro fell from 1,580 in 2014 to 1,006 in 2024, −36%. 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 ↓
Commutes from Paulsboro are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 54 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Paulsboro’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Paulsboro is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #439 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Paulsboro’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Paulsboro could be anywhere from C− to A−.
7% of working residents work in West Deptford Township
Where Paulsboro clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
67% of the jobs in Paulsboro pay over $3,333 a month
1,006 jobs are based in Paulsboro.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paulsboro, 2014 → 2024: 1,580 → 1,006. 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 Paulsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Paulsboro’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paulsboro workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,322 commuters (the 8% 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.
Paulsboro by day and by night
On a workday 2,636 residents head out to work, 150 work right here, and 856 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Paulsboro on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Paulsboro
About 19% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Paulsboro
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Paulsboro is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #320 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% 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 2,530 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 77% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 26% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 13.1% of Paulsboro households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Paulsboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Paulsboro next to U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500: 2,387th of 3,349 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,385 | Mount Sterling KY | 7,586 | $56K | 16.9% | 3.7% | 16% | C |
| 2,386 | Osage Beach MO | 5,079 | $56K | 12.8% | 2.7% | 31% | C |
| 2,387 | Paulsboro NJ | 6,329 | $64K | 15.2% | 13.0% | 5% | C |
| 2,388 | Worland WY | 4,730 | $63K | 10.7% | 3.1% | 58% | C |
| 2,389 | Ross IN | 6,751 | $55K | 18.4% | 5.6% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | 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 Paulsboro, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Paulsboro and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to West Deptford Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paulsboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulsboro | – | C | A− | 24 min | $64,239 |
| West Deptford Township | 7% | A− | A | 26 min | $93,895 |
| Greenwich Township | under 2% | A | A− | 30 min | $92,128 |
| East Greenwich Township | 2% | A+ | B+ | 28 min | $148,814 |
| Gibbstown | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gibbstown: 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 Paulsboro’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 Paulsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Paulsboro?
$64,239 (±$13,175) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paulsboro?
15.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paulsboro?
24 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paulsboro work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Deptford Township (7%, 3 mi), Philadelphia (6%, 13 mi), Logan Township (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Paulsboro walkable?
Paulsboro is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Paulsboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 26% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paulsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paulsboro
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.