Work & commute · Garwood

Work & commute in Garwood, NJ

Most working residents leave Garwood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (12%), Elizabeth (4%) and Newark (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

108 of 2,406 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,298 Garwood residents head out of town to work, 108 work right here, and 1,788 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garwood.

2,298live here, work elsewhere

108live and work here

1,788work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garwood goes to work

New York, NY20.2 mi away

12%295

Garwood (in town)right here

4%108

Elizabeth6.9 mi away

4%102

Newark9.4 mi away

4%94

Westfield1.1 mi away

4%90

Woodbridge6.4 mi away

3%75

Jersey City14.2 mi away

3%65

Edison10.2 mi away

3%63

Union4.2 mi away

2%60

Cranford1.1 mi away

2%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,394

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

How far

How far Garwood commutes

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

48%

42%

48%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Garwood are

1,896 jobs are based in Garwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Garwood

1,896 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Garwood residents hold

2,406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−9%

Jobs based in Garwood, 2013 → 2023: 2,094 → 1,896. 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.