Work & commute · Fanwood

Work & commute in Fanwood, NJ

Most working residents leave Fanwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Scotch Plains (7%) and Newark (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 3,901 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,803 Fanwood residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 1,609 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fanwood.

3,803live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

1,609work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fanwood goes to work

New York, NY23.5 mi away

14%552

Scotch Plains0.9 mi away

7%272

Newark12.5 mi away

4%150

Westfield2.3 mi away

3%134

Edison9.7 mi away

3%117

Fanwood (in town)right here

3%98

Woodbridge7.4 mi away

2%97

Jersey City17.5 mi away

2%92

Parsippany-Troy Hills15.2 mi away

2%80

Elizabeth10.2 mi away

2%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,233

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

How far

How far Fanwood commutes

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

43%

46%

43%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fanwood is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fanwood are

1,707 jobs are based in Fanwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fanwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fanwood

1,707 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Fanwood residents hold

3,901 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+60%

Jobs based in Fanwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,065 → 1,707. 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.