Work & commute · Bayonne

Work & commute in Bayonne, NJ

Most working residents leave Bayonne for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are New York (22%), Jersey City (14%) and Newark (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

4,733 of 32,096 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,363 Bayonne residents head out of town to work, 4,733 work right here, and 11,817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bayonne.

27,363live here, work elsewhere

4,733live and work here

11,817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bayonne goes to work

New York, NY9 mi away

22%7,087

Bayonne (in town)right here

15%4,733

Jersey City4.2 mi away

14%4,439

Newark5.4 mi away

5%1,567

Hoboken7.2 mi away

2%566

Secaucus8.6 mi away

2%519

Elizabeth4.4 mi away

2%500

Woodbridge11.8 mi away

1%435

Edison16.6 mi away

1%359

Kearny6.3 mi away

1%335

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%11,556

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

How far

How far Bayonne commutes

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

65%

25%

65%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bayonne is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bayonne are

16,550 jobs are based in Bayonne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bayonne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bayonne

16,550 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Bayonne residents hold

32,096 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+24%

Jobs based in Bayonne, 2013 → 2023: 13,353 → 16,550. 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.