Work & commute · Berkeley Heights

Work & commute in Berkeley Heights, NJ

Most working residents leave Berkeley Heights for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Summit (4%) and Newark (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

389 of 6,184 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,795 Berkeley Heights residents head out of town to work, 389 work right here, and 8,345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berkeley Heights.

5,795live here, work elsewhere

389live and work here

8,345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berkeley Heights goes to work

New York, NY25.4 mi away

16%975

Berkeley Heights (in town)right here

6%389

Summit4.1 mi away

4%219

Newark13.5 mi away

3%202

Jersey City18.9 mi away

3%174

New Providence1.8 mi away

3%168

Edison12.5 mi away

2%136

Parsippany-Troy Hills12.7 mi away

2%135

Bernards7.6 mi away

2%128

Morristown8.8 mi away

2%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%3,533

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

How far

How far Berkeley Heights commutes

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

39%

35%

22%

39%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berkeley Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Berkeley Heights are

8,734 jobs are based in Berkeley Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berkeley Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berkeley Heights

8,734 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Berkeley Heights residents hold

6,184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+16%

Jobs based in Berkeley Heights, 2013 → 2023: 7,545 → 8,734. 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.