Work & commute · Aberdeen

Work & commute in Aberdeen, NJ

Most working residents leave Aberdeen for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Edison (4%) and Woodbridge (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

359 of 9,858 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,499 Aberdeen residents head out of town to work, 359 work right here, and 4,156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aberdeen.

9,499live here, work elsewhere

359live and work here

4,156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aberdeen goes to work

New York, NY22 mi away

14%1,371

Edison8.3 mi away

4%368

Aberdeen (in town)right here

4%359

Woodbridge9.7 mi away

3%294

Holmdel4.7 mi away

3%253

Old Bridge4.7 mi away

3%252

Middletown8.3 mi away

2%231

Jersey City21.2 mi away

2%219

New Brunswick12.2 mi away

2%187

Newark20.5 mi away

2%183

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%6,141

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Aberdeen commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

27%

54%

15%

27%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aberdeen is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aberdeen are

4,515 jobs are based in Aberdeen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aberdeen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aberdeen

4,515 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Aberdeen residents hold

9,858 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+25%

Jobs based in Aberdeen, 2013 → 2023: 3,603 → 4,515. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.