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Work & commute in Finderne · A job hub

Every workday, about 7,500 people come to Finderne for work

Most working residents leave Finderne for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgewater (10%), New York (6%) and Franklin (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
3%
96 of 3,121 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
30 min
Less than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
16%
Less than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
7,552
A job hub

What kind of work town is Finderne?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Finderne nearly doubles on a workday

On a workday 3,025 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 7,456 people come in from elsewhere.

3,025live here, work elsewhere
96live and work here
7,456work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night6,500
Workday11,000
6,500live here− 3,000head out to work+ 7,500come in to work= 11,000on a workday

About 11,000 people are in Finderne on a workday afternoon, 68% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.42jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Finderne’s workers come from

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Bound Brook: 112 workers live here (1%)ManvilleSomerville: 122 workers live here (2%)New BrunswickPlainfield: 130 workers live here (2%)NewarkNew York: 130 workers live here (2%)Hillsborough: 223 workers live here (3%)BranchburgBridgewater: 348 workers live here (5%)Piscataway: 176 workers live here (2%)Edison: 195 workers live here (3%)Franklin: 211 workers live here (3%)Woodbridge: 160 workers live here (2%)FinderneBridgewater CenterFranklin CenterMartinsvilleBridgewaterHillsboroughFranklinEdisonPiscatawayWoodbridgeFinderne
1
Bridgewater2.7 mi away
5%348
2
Hillsborough6.7 mi away
3%223
3
Franklin6 mi away
3%211
4
Edison12.5 mi away
3%195
5
Piscataway6.1 mi away
2%176
6
Woodbridge14.8 mi away
2%160
7
Plainfield9.1 mi away
2%130
8
New York, NY34.1 mi away
2%130
9
Somerville1.9 mi away
2%122
10
Bound Brook2 mi away
1%112
Everywhere elseother towns and states
76%5,745
The top trips

Where Finderne clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Finderne commutes less than 15 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi40 miBridgewater: 10% · 2.7 miNew York: 6% · 34.1 miFranklin: 4% · 6 miBranchburg: 4% · 7.4 miPiscataway: 3% · 6.1 miEdison: 3% · 12.5 miNewark: 2% · 23.9 miHillsborough: 2% · 6.7 miNew Brunswick: 2% · 8.5 miWoodbridge: 2% · 14.8 miBridgewater 10%New York 6%Franklin 4%Branchburg 4%Piscataway 3%Finderne
FinderneTop destinations (size = commuters)
40%Under 10 mi1,235 residents
35%10–24 mi1,081 residents
22%25–50 mi678 residents
4%Over 50 mi124 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

67% of the jobs in Finderne pay over $3,333 a month

7,552 jobs are based in Finderne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Finderne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in FinderneJobs Finderne residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms8%12%
Trade, transport & utilities44%21%
Services: health, schools, offices47%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%19%
Over $3,333 a month67%71%

Who does it

29 or younger23%21%
30 to 5450%53%
55 and older28%26%
+13%

Jobs based in Finderne, 2013 → 2023: 6,683 → 7,552. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 30 minutes each way, about the NJ average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
232 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Finderne30 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
16%

of Finderne workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Next door

16% of Finderne works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Bridgewater (10%). Darker towns draw more of Finderne’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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