Work & commute · Clark

Work & commute in Clark, NJ

Most working residents leave Clark for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Newark (6%) and Elizabeth (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

582 of 8,501 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,919 Clark residents head out of town to work, 582 work right here, and 9,482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clark.

7,919live here, work elsewhere

582live and work here

9,482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clark goes to work

New York, NY20 mi away

13%1,074

Clark (in town)right here

7%582

Newark10.5 mi away

6%474

Elizabeth7.2 mi away

5%401

Woodbridge4.1 mi away

4%346

Edison8.1 mi away

3%293

Rahway2 mi away

3%259

Linden4.2 mi away

3%232

Jersey City14.6 mi away

3%221

Cranford2.7 mi away

2%208

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%4,411

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

How far

How far Clark commutes

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

47%

42%

47%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clark is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clark are

10,064 jobs are based in Clark. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clark’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clark

10,064 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Clark residents hold

8,501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+23%

Jobs based in Clark, 2013 → 2023: 8,151 → 10,064. 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.