Work & commute · Green Brook

Work & commute in Green Brook, NJ

Most working residents leave Green Brook for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Bridgewater (4%) and Warren (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

164 of 3,625 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,461 Green Brook residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 3,704 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Brook.

3,461live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

3,704work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Brook goes to work

New York, NY28.8 mi away

7%238

Green Brook (in town)right here

5%164

Bridgewater6.4 mi away

4%133

Warren2.8 mi away

3%119

Edison9.8 mi away

3%108

Franklin9.5 mi away

3%95

New Brunswick8.3 mi away

3%91

South Plainfield4.1 mi away

2%87

Bernards6.7 mi away

2%86

Piscataway4.2 mi away

2%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%2,419

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

How far

How far Green Brook commutes

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

42%

36%

18%

42%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Brook is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Brook are

3,868 jobs are based in Green Brook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green Brook

3,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Green Brook residents hold

3,625 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+20%

Jobs based in Green Brook, 2013 → 2023: 3,214 → 3,868. 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.