Work & commute · Bridgewater

Work & commute in Bridgewater, NJ

Most working residents leave Bridgewater for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New York (6%), Franklin (3%) and Bernards (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,532 of 23,637 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21,105 Bridgewater residents head out of town to work, 2,532 work right here, and 33,948 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgewater.

21,105live here, work elsewhere

2,532live and work here

33,948work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgewater goes to work

Bridgewater (in town)right here

11%2,532

New York, NY35.2 mi away

6%1,491

Franklin8.5 mi away

3%698

Bernards6.2 mi away

3%659

Edison14.7 mi away

3%655

Branchburg6.3 mi away

3%651

New Brunswick11.1 mi away

2%578

Piscataway8.2 mi away

2%577

Newark24.4 mi away

2%533

Hillsborough7.4 mi away

2%481

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%14,782

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

How far

How far Bridgewater commutes

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

34%

40%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgewater is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgewater are

36,480 jobs are based in Bridgewater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridgewater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bridgewater

36,480 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Bridgewater residents hold

23,637 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+9%

Jobs based in Bridgewater, 2013 → 2023: 33,317 → 36,480. 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.