Work & commute · Bernards

Work & commute in Bernards, NJ

Most working residents leave Bernards for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Bridgewater (4%) and Parsippany-Troy Hills (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,219 of 12,497 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,278 Bernards residents head out of town to work, 1,219 work right here, and 21,595 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bernards.

11,278live here, work elsewhere

1,219live and work here

21,595work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bernards goes to work

Bernards (in town)right here

10%1,219

New York, NY33 mi away

7%937

Bridgewater6.2 mi away

4%455

Parsippany-Troy Hills14.7 mi away

3%372

Morristown9.5 mi away

3%336

Newark20.9 mi away

3%335

Jersey City26.4 mi away

2%287

Florham Park11.3 mi away

2%258

Warren3.9 mi away

2%244

Summit10.9 mi away

2%241

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%7,813

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

How far

How far Bernards commutes

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

31%

41%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bernards is a job hub

1.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bernards are

22,814 jobs are based in Bernards. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bernards’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bernards

22,814 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Bernards residents hold

12,497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+50%

Jobs based in Bernards, 2013 → 2023: 15,228 → 22,814. 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.