Work & commute · Ewing

Work & commute in Ewing, NJ

Most working residents leave Ewing for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Trenton (15%), Hamilton (6%) and New York (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,487 of 17,798 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,311 Ewing residents head out of town to work, 1,487 work right here, and 21,081 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ewing.

16,311live here, work elsewhere

1,487live and work here

21,081work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ewing goes to work

Trenton3.3 mi away

15%2,733

Ewing (in town)right here

8%1,487

Hamilton7.6 mi away

6%1,094

New York, NY53 mi away

5%923

Princeton9.6 mi away

5%843

Lawrence4.7 mi away

4%784

Hopewell6.5 mi away

3%558

West Windsor9.2 mi away

3%452

Plainsboro12.6 mi away

2%354

South Brunswick16.8 mi away

1%262

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%8,308

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

How far

How far Ewing commutes

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

48%

21%

19%

13%

48%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ewing is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ewing are

22,568 jobs are based in Ewing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ewing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ewing

22,568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Ewing residents hold

17,798 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−29%

Jobs based in Ewing, 2013 → 2023: 31,654 → 22,568. 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.