Photo: RMWatson72 · CC BY-SA 3.0Westmont has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 4% work in Westmont; the top destination outside it is Philadelphia (18%, 8 miles). There are 1,554 jobs in Westmont, and 6,439 of its residents work somewhere. For 27% of workers, the job is at home; New Jersey has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Westmont, in a few figures
The better-paid jobs are outside Westmont
73% of Westmont residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Westmont pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A lot of Westmont workers cross into Pennsylvania
18% of Westmont workers work outside New Jersey, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Philadelphia (18%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Most Westmont 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 ↓
Westmont is a place people come home to
There are 1,554 jobs based in Westmont, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Westmont has about 9,300 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Westmont
27% of Westmont workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. 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.
What Westmont’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westmont, 2014 → 2024: 1,286 → 1,554. 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 Westmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Westmont goes to work
Where Westmont clocks in
18% 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.
How far Westmont’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.
Westmont on a workday afternoon
On a workday 6,208 residents head out to work, 231 work right here, and 1,323 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,300 people are in Westmont on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Time on the road from Westmont: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westmont workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,536 commuters (the 27% 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.
12% of Westmont works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Cherry Hill Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Westmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmont | – | — | — | 26 min | $115,317 |
| Collingswood | 5% | B+ | A+ | 26 min | $90,184 |
| Haddonfield | under 3% | A+ | A+ | 30 min | $200,400 |
| Golden Triangle | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Cherry Hill Township | 7% | A− | A | 28 min | $121,502 |
| Audubon | under 3% | A | A+ | 26 min | $115,789 |
| Oaklyn | under 3% | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $84,394 |
Same-state neighbors only. Golden Triangle: 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 Westmont’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 Westmont: questions
What is the median household income in Westmont?
$115,317 (±$11,980) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Westmont?
5.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westmont?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Westmont work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (18%, 8 mi), Cherry Hill Township (7%, 3 mi), Camden (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Westmont without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Westmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westmont
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.