Every workday, about 15,000 people come to Bridgewater Center for work
Most working residents leave Bridgewater Center for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgewater (12%), New York (7%) and New Brunswick (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.
What kind of work town is Bridgewater Center?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Bridgewater Center’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 3,107 residents head out to work, 115 work right here, and 14,620 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Bridgewater Center on a workday afternoon, 177% more than live here.
4.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 28 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgewater Center workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
15% of Bridgewater Center works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Bridgewater (12%). Darker towns draw more of Bridgewater Center’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
80% of the jobs in Bridgewater Center pay over $3,333 a month
14,735 jobs are based in Bridgewater Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridgewater Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgewater Center, 2013 → 2023: 12,577 → 14,735. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Where Bridgewater Center’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Bridgewater Center clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Bridgewater Center commutes less than 17 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Bridgewater Center
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bridgewater Center, from the people who make the trip.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.