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Work & commute in East Millstone · A commuter town

100% of East Millstone’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave East Millstone for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (13%), New Brunswick (8%) and Edison (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Work in town
0%
1 of 312 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
35 min
More than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
22%
More than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
49
A commuter town
Work out of state
15%
mostly New York

What kind of work town is East Millstone?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

13% of working residents work in Franklin

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

MillstoneJamesburgMonmouth BeachClintonSpring Lake HeightsMorristown: 6 residents work here (2%)MetuchenNew Brunswick: 24 residents work here (8%)SayrevilleNew York: 16 residents work here (5%)West Windsor: 7 residents work here (2%)Hillsborough: 7 residents work here (2%)Bridgewater: 10 residents work here (3%)Piscataway: 8 residents work here (3%)East Brunswick: 7 residents work here (2%)Edison: 21 residents work here (7%)Franklin: 42 residents work here (13%)WoodbridgeWestonMiddlebushEast MillstoneFranklin CenterBlackwells MillsSix Mile RunFranklinNew BrunswickEdisonNew YorkBridgewaterPiscatawayEast Millstone
1
Franklin1.7 mi away
13%42
2
New Brunswick6.6 mi away
8%24
3
Edison11.6 mi away
7%21
4
New York, NY35 mi away
5%16
5
Bridgewater6.8 mi away
3%10
6
Piscataway6.6 mi away
3%8
7
West Windsor14.6 mi away
2%7
8
Hillsborough5.3 mi away
2%7
9
East Brunswick9.4 mi away
2%7
10
Morristown21.2 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%164
The top trips

Where East Millstone clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

15% of East Millstone works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Franklin (13%). Darker towns draw more of East Millstone’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Day and night

East Millstone quiets down on a workday

On a workday 311 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.

311live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
48work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night700
Workday440
700live here− 310head out to work+ 48come in to work= 440on a workday

About 440 people are in East Millstone on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.16jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of East Millstone commutes less than 12 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi40 miFranklin: 13% · 1.7 miNew Brunswick: 8% · 6.6 miEdison: 7% · 11.6 miNew York: 5% · 35 miBridgewater: 3% · 6.8 miPiscataway: 3% · 6.6 miWest Windsor: 2% · 14.6 miHillsborough: 2% · 5.3 miEast Brunswick: 2% · 9.4 miMorristown: 2% · 21.2 miFranklin 13%New Brunswick 8%Edison 7%New York 5%Bridgewater 3%East Millstone
East MillstoneTop destinations (size = commuters)
44%Under 10 mi136 residents
34%10–24 mi107 residents
18%25–50 mi55 residents
4%Over 50 mi14 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

69% of the jobs in East Millstone pay over $3,333 a month

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

Jobs based in East MillstoneJobs East Millstone residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%8%
Trade, transport & utilities22%18%
Services: health, schools, offices78%74%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less2%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%17%
Over $3,333 a month69%74%

Who does it

29 or younger10%16%
30 to 5443%55%
55 and older47%29%
+44%

Jobs based in East Millstone, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 49. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
270 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

East Millstone35 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
22%

of East Millstone workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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