Work & commute · Bloomsbury

Work & commute in Bloomsbury, NJ

Most working residents leave Bloomsbury for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (4%), Raritan (4%) and Readington (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 410 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 402 Bloomsbury residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomsbury.

402live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomsbury goes to work

New York, NY59.6 mi away

4%18

Raritan12.1 mi away

4%17

Readington16.8 mi away

4%15

Union6.1 mi away

3%14

Hillsborough23.9 mi away

3%11

Clinton11.1 mi away

3%11

Bridgewater25.1 mi away

2%10

Edison39.6 mi away

2%10

New Brunswick35.2 mi away

2%9

Bloomsbury (in town)right here

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%287

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

How far

How far Bloomsbury commutes

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

18%

26%

41%

15%

18%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomsbury is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomsbury are

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

Jobs based in Bloomsbury

371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Bloomsbury residents hold

410 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−61%

Jobs based in Bloomsbury, 2013 → 2023: 942 → 371. 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.