Work & commute · Branchburg

Work & commute in Branchburg, NJ

Most working residents leave Branchburg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgewater (8%), New York (4%) and Bernards (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

561 of 7,581 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,020 Branchburg residents head out of town to work, 561 work right here, and 11,604 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Branchburg.

7,020live here, work elsewhere

561live and work here

11,604work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Branchburg goes to work

Bridgewater6.3 mi away

8%590

Branchburg (in town)right here

7%561

New York, NY41.4 mi away

4%322

Bernards11.3 mi away

3%236

Hillsborough4.9 mi away

3%229

New Brunswick15.1 mi away

3%210

Franklin10.4 mi away

3%198

Piscataway13.4 mi away

2%176

Readington3.3 mi away

2%171

Raritan9.5 mi away

2%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%4,721

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

How far

How far Branchburg commutes

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

32%

42%

22%

32%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Branchburg is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Branchburg are

12,165 jobs are based in Branchburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Branchburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Branchburg

12,165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Branchburg residents hold

7,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+3%

Jobs based in Branchburg, 2013 → 2023: 11,849 → 12,165. 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.