Work & commute · Bethlehem

Work & commute in Bethlehem, NJ

Most working residents leave Bethlehem for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Raritan (4%), Readington (4%) and Bridgewater (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,855 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,809 Bethlehem residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 494 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethlehem.

1,809live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

494work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethlehem goes to work

Raritan10.2 mi away

4%80

Readington13.9 mi away

4%75

Bridgewater22 mi away

3%54

New York, NY56.2 mi away

3%50

Union3.4 mi away

3%50

Bethlehem (in town)right here

2%46

Clinton8 mi away

2%42

Branchburg17.1 mi away

2%38

Trenton33.2 mi away

2%35

Newark44.2 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%1,352

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

How far

How far Bethlehem commutes

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

18%

30%

40%

12%

18%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethlehem is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethlehem are

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

Jobs based in Bethlehem

540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bethlehem residents hold

1,855 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−1%

Jobs based in Bethlehem, 2013 → 2023: 547 → 540. 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.