Making a living in Voorhees
21% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. The average commute, 31 minutes each way, matches the New Jersey norm. There are 886 jobs in Voorhees; 776 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Voorhees: the figures worth knowing
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Voorhees are in trade, transport and utilities, against 29% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Voorhees than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Voorhees fell from 1,194 in 2014 to 886 in 2024, −26%. 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 ↓
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; with 776 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The kinds of work in Voorhees
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Voorhees, 2014 → 2024: 1,194 → 886. 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 Voorhees’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Voorhees
On a workday 773 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 883 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 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.
11% of working residents work in New Brunswick
Where Voorhees clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
About 31 minutes each way, about the NJ average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Voorhees workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 862 commuters (the 21% 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.
Where in the region Voorhees works
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.
Voorhees and its neighbors: 11% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Voorhees workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voorhees | – | — | — | 31 min | $89,200 |
| Six Mile Run | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Clyde | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| New Brunswick | 11% | C | A+ | 23 min | $65,810 |
| East Franklin | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Somerset | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Six Mile Run, Clyde, East Franklin and Somerset: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Brunswick. Darker towns draw more of Voorhees’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 Voorhees: questions
What is the median household income in Voorhees?
$89,200 (±$71,713) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Voorhees?
17.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Voorhees?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Voorhees work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Brunswick (11%, 2 mi), Franklin Township (10%, 3 mi), Edison Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Voorhees without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Voorhees, from the people who make the trip.
More of Voorhees
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.