Work & commute · Bernardsville

Work & commute in Bernardsville, NJ

Most working residents leave Bernardsville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Bernards (4%) and Morristown (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

287 of 3,541 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,254 Bernardsville residents head out of town to work, 287 work right here, and 2,430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bernardsville.

3,254live here, work elsewhere

287live and work here

2,430work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bernardsville goes to work

Bernardsville (in town)right here

8%287

New York, NY34.6 mi away

7%254

Bernards3.9 mi away

4%151

Morristown7.6 mi away

4%137

Bridgewater9.6 mi away

3%104

Parsippany-Troy Hills12.6 mi away

3%91

Newark22 mi away

2%87

Florham Park10.8 mi away

2%64

Summit12 mi away

2%63

Jersey City27.7 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%2,244

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

How far

How far Bernardsville commutes

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

33%

38%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bernardsville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bernardsville are

2,717 jobs are based in Bernardsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bernardsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bernardsville

2,717 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bernardsville residents hold

3,541 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+5%

Jobs based in Bernardsville, 2013 → 2023: 2,578 → 2,717. 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.