Work & commute · East Orange

Work & commute in East Orange, NJ

Most working residents leave East Orange for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Newark (15%), New York (11%) and Jersey City (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,084 of 27,774 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 25,690 East Orange residents head out of town to work, 2,084 work right here, and 10,802 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Orange.

25,690live here, work elsewhere

2,084live and work here

10,802work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Orange goes to work

Newark3.5 mi away

15%4,252

New York, NY15.9 mi away

11%2,970

East Orange (in town)right here

8%2,084

Jersey City8.5 mi away

3%811

Elizabeth6.9 mi away

3%744

Livingston6.3 mi away

2%611

West Orange3.1 mi away

2%589

Union5.7 mi away

2%556

Montclair4.1 mi away

2%474

Parsippany-Troy Hills12.9 mi away

2%461

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%14,222

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

How far

How far East Orange commutes

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

59%

31%

59%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Orange is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Orange are

12,886 jobs are based in East Orange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Orange’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Orange

12,886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs East Orange residents hold

27,774 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−9%

Jobs based in East Orange, 2013 → 2023: 14,136 → 12,886. 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.