Work & commute · Cranbury

Work & commute in Cranbury, NJ

Most working residents leave Cranbury for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (8%), Princeton (5%) and Plainsboro (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 1,674 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,569 Cranbury residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 10,572 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cranbury.

1,569live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

10,572work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cranbury goes to work

New York, NY38.9 mi away

8%133

Cranbury (in town)right here

6%105

Princeton8.3 mi away

5%76

Plainsboro3.6 mi away

4%70

South Brunswick4.9 mi away

4%62

West Windsor5.9 mi away

4%60

Lawrence10.6 mi away

3%50

New Brunswick12.6 mi away

3%43

Edison16 mi away

2%39

Jersey City36.4 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,000

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

How far

How far Cranbury commutes

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

31%

32%

31%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cranbury is a job hub

6.38jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cranbury are

10,677 jobs are based in Cranbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cranbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cranbury

10,677 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Cranbury residents hold

1,674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+59%

Jobs based in Cranbury, 2013 → 2023: 6,707 → 10,677. 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.