Work & commute · East Newark

Work & commute in East Newark, NJ

Most working residents leave East Newark for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New York (20%), Newark (11%) and Jersey City (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 994 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 986 East Newark residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Newark.

986live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Newark goes to work

New York, NY13.2 mi away

20%198

Newark2 mi away

11%106

Jersey City5.8 mi away

5%48

Kearny2 mi away

5%46

Harrison0.8 mi away

4%36

Elizabeth6.1 mi away

3%29

Secaucus5.4 mi away

2%15

Rutherford5.6 mi away

1%13

Lyndhurst4 mi away

1%12

Parsippany-Troy Hills15.6 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%479

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

How far

How far East Newark commutes

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

49%

40%

49%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Newark is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Newark are

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

Jobs based in East Newark

119 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs East Newark residents hold

994 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−40%

Jobs based in East Newark, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 119. 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.