Work & commute · Alexandria

Work & commute in Alexandria, NJ

Most working residents leave Alexandria for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Raritan (8%), New York (4%) and Clinton (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

108 of 2,327 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,219 Alexandria residents head out of town to work, 108 work right here, and 651 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alexandria.

2,219live here, work elsewhere

108live and work here

651work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alexandria goes to work

Raritan7.6 mi away

8%197

Alexandria (in town)right here

5%108

New York, NY57.2 mi away

4%86

Clinton8.7 mi away

3%72

Bridgewater22.2 mi away

2%55

Flemington10.6 mi away

2%54

Union4.2 mi away

2%48

Bernards24.8 mi away

2%43

Franklin26.3 mi away

2%42

Readington13.5 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,581

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

How far

How far Alexandria commutes

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

23%

27%

36%

14%

23%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alexandria is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alexandria are

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

Jobs based in Alexandria

759 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Alexandria residents hold

2,327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−4%

Jobs based in Alexandria, 2013 → 2023: 791 → 759. 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.