Work & commute · Butler

Work & commute in Butler, NJ

Most working residents leave Butler for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wayne (5%), New York (5%) and Parsippany-Troy Hills (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

244 of 3,895 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,651 Butler residents head out of town to work, 244 work right here, and 3,343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butler.

3,651live here, work elsewhere

244live and work here

3,343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butler goes to work

Butler (in town)right here

6%244

Wayne6.4 mi away

5%210

New York, NY31.5 mi away

5%184

Parsippany-Troy Hills10.3 mi away

4%139

Riverdale1.7 mi away

3%102

Fairfield8.3 mi away

2%86

Pequannock3.2 mi away

2%85

Newark21 mi away

2%84

Morristown15.5 mi away

2%83

Paterson11.2 mi away

2%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%2,599

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

How far

How far Butler commutes

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

32%

44%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butler is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Butler are

3,587 jobs are based in Butler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Butler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Butler

3,587 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Butler residents hold

3,895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+11%

Jobs based in Butler, 2013 → 2023: 3,242 → 3,587. 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.