Work & commute · Chesterfield

Work & commute in Chesterfield, NJ

Most working residents leave Chesterfield for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Trenton (7%), Hamilton (6%) and Philadelphia (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

135 of 3,462 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,327 Chesterfield residents head out of town to work, 135 work right here, and 802 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chesterfield.

3,327live here, work elsewhere

135live and work here

802work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chesterfield goes to work

Trenton9 mi away

7%245

Hamilton6.1 mi away

6%212

Philadelphia, PA26 mi away

4%149

Chesterfield (in town)right here

4%135

West Windsor12 mi away

4%133

Princeton16.5 mi away

3%112

New York, NY53.5 mi away

3%105

Lawrence12.6 mi away

3%87

Mount Laurel17.2 mi away

2%70

Plainsboro15.7 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%2,144

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

How far

How far Chesterfield commutes

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

25%

33%

27%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chesterfield is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chesterfield are

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

Jobs based in Chesterfield

937 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Chesterfield residents hold

3,462 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 month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−16%

Jobs based in Chesterfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,115 → 937. 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.