Work & commute · Dunellen

Work & commute in Dunellen, NJ

Most working residents leave Dunellen for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Piscataway (6%), New York (5%) and Edison (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

148 of 3,143 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,995 Dunellen residents head out of town to work, 148 work right here, and 744 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunellen.

2,995live here, work elsewhere

148live and work here

744work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunellen goes to work

Piscataway3.1 mi away

6%173

New York, NY28.1 mi away

5%150

Dunellen (in town)right here

5%148

Edison8.5 mi away

4%140

Franklin9 mi away

4%117

South Plainfield2.9 mi away

4%116

Bridgewater7.3 mi away

4%113

Middlesex2.1 mi away

3%108

New Brunswick7.2 mi away

3%100

Woodbridge9.3 mi away

3%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,892

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

How far

How far Dunellen commutes

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

50%

29%

17%

50%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunellen is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunellen are

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

Jobs based in Dunellen

892 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Dunellen residents hold

3,143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+11%

Jobs based in Dunellen, 2013 → 2023: 803 → 892. 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.