Work & commute · Edison

Work & commute in Edison, NJ

Most working residents leave Edison for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are New York (11%), Woodbridge (5%) and Jersey City (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

7,650 of 50,202 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 42,552 Edison residents head out of town to work, 7,650 work right here, and 69,822 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edison.

42,552live here, work elsewhere

7,650live and work here

69,822work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edison goes to work

Edison (in town)right here

15%7,650

New York, NY24.1 mi away

11%5,558

Woodbridge4.9 mi away

5%2,384

Jersey City20.7 mi away

3%1,618

New Brunswick5.2 mi away

3%1,593

Piscataway6.5 mi away

3%1,487

Franklin10.8 mi away

3%1,327

Newark17.8 mi away

2%1,237

Bridgewater14.7 mi away

2%1,054

South Plainfield5.9 mi away

2%1,033

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%25,261

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

How far

How far Edison commutes

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

42%

38%

16%

42%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edison is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Edison are

77,472 jobs are based in Edison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edison

77,472 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Edison residents hold

50,202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+16%

Jobs based in Edison, 2013 → 2023: 66,807 → 77,472. 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.