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Work & commute in Green Knoll · A job hub

Every workday, about 5,600 people come to Green Knoll for work

Most working residents leave Green Knoll for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgewater (12%), New York (6%) and Bernards (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Work in town
3%
98 of 3,475 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
29 min
Less than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
29%
More than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
5,688
A job hub

What kind of work town is Green Knoll?

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

★ What stands out · Time on the road

About 29 minutes each way, about the NJ average

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

A year of commuting
220 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Green Knoll29 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
29%

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

About 3 in 10
Next door

12% of Green Knoll works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Bridgewater (12%). Darker towns draw more of Green Knoll’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

5,688 jobs are based in Green Knoll. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Knoll’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green KnollJobs Green Knoll residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms4%10%
Trade, transport & utilities11%16%
Services: health, schools, offices84%73%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month9%13%
Over $3,333 a month82%77%

Who does it

29 or younger15%17%
30 to 5458%53%
55 and older26%30%
+12%

Jobs based in Green Knoll, 2013 → 2023: 5,058 → 5,688. 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.

Day and night

Green Knoll fills up on a workday

On a workday 3,377 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 5,590 people come in from elsewhere.

3,377live here, work elsewhere
98live and work here
5,590work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night6,800
Workday9,000
6,800live here− 3,400head out to work+ 5,600come in to work= 9,000on a workday

About 9,000 people are in Green Knoll on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.64jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

1.6 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 Green Knoll’s workers come from

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

Somerville: 92 workers live here (2%)New BrunswickFlorham ParkNew York: 111 workers live here (2%)Hillsborough: 211 workers live here (4%)Branchburg: 120 workers live here (2%)Bridgewater: 451 workers live here (8%)Bernards: 137 workers live here (2%)South Brunswick: 87 workers live here (2%)BedminsterPiscataway: 106 workers live here (2%)Parsippany-Troy HillsEdison: 128 workers live here (2%)Franklin: 149 workers live here (3%)PluckeminGreen KnollBridgewater CenterMartinsvilleBridgewaterHillsboroughFranklinBernardsEdisonBranchburgGreen Knoll
1
Bridgewater1 mi away
8%451
2
Hillsborough8 mi away
4%211
3
Franklin9.5 mi away
3%149
4
Bernards5.6 mi away
2%137
5
Edison15.6 mi away
2%128
6
Branchburg6.2 mi away
2%120
7
New York, NY35.7 mi away
2%111
8
Piscataway9 mi away
2%106
9
Somerville2.4 mi away
2%92
10
South Brunswick15.9 mi away
2%87
Everywhere elseother towns and states
72%4,096
The top trips

Where Green Knoll 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 Green Knoll commutes less than 16 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: 12% · 1 miNew York: 6% · 35.7 miBernards: 3% · 5.6 miFranklin: 3% · 9.5 miNew Brunswick: 2% · 12.1 miEdison: 2% · 15.6 miParsippany-Troy Hills: 2% · 20.3 miPiscataway: 2% · 9 miFlorham Park: 2% · 16.5 miBranchburg: 2% · 6.2 miBridgewater 12%New York 6%Bernards 3%Franklin 3%New Brunswick 2%Green Knoll
Green KnollTop destinations (size = commuters)
32%Under 10 mi1,121 residents
41%10–24 mi1,427 residents
22%25–50 mi760 residents
5%Over 50 mi162 residents

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

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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