Work & commute · Cranford

Work & commute in Cranford, NJ

Most working residents leave Cranford for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Newark (4%) and Elizabeth (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

971 of 11,809 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,838 Cranford residents head out of town to work, 971 work right here, and 10,706 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cranford.

10,838live here, work elsewhere

971live and work here

10,706work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cranford goes to work

New York, NY19.1 mi away

14%1,662

Cranford (in town)right here

8%971

Newark8.3 mi away

4%518

Elizabeth5.8 mi away

4%437

Edison10.7 mi away

3%312

Westfield2.1 mi away

3%311

Jersey City13.1 mi away

2%277

Woodbridge6.6 mi away

2%244

Union3.3 mi away

2%235

Rahway3.6 mi away

2%220

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%6,622

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

How far

How far Cranford commutes

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

45%

43%

45%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cranford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cranford are

11,677 jobs are based in Cranford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cranford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cranford

11,677 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Cranford residents hold

11,809 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−11%

Jobs based in Cranford, 2013 → 2023: 13,065 → 11,677. 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.