Work & commute · East Amwell

Work & commute in East Amwell, NJ

Most working residents leave East Amwell for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Raritan (9%), New York (5%) and Trenton (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 2,019 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,943 East Amwell residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 673 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Amwell.

1,943live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

673work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Amwell goes to work

Raritan8.6 mi away

9%172

New York, NY49 mi away

5%95

East Amwell (in town)right here

4%76

Trenton14.9 mi away

3%69

Princeton9.8 mi away

3%69

Flemington5.4 mi away

3%58

Hopewell5.5 mi away

3%57

Montgomery7.6 mi away

2%43

Hillsborough9.1 mi away

2%42

Branchburg10.3 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%1,299

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

How far

How far East Amwell commutes

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

27%

38%

28%

27%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Amwell is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Amwell are

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

Jobs based in East Amwell

749 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs East Amwell residents hold

2,019 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+2%

Jobs based in East Amwell, 2013 → 2023: 733 → 749. 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.