Work & commute · Hazlet

Work & commute in Hazlet, NJ

Most working residents leave Hazlet for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Middletown (5%) and Holmdel (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

700 of 10,051 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,351 Hazlet residents head out of town to work, 700 work right here, and 4,479 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazlet.

9,351live here, work elsewhere

700live and work here

4,479work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazlet goes to work

New York, NY20.4 mi away

13%1,285

Hazlet (in town)right here

7%700

Middletown5.3 mi away

5%469

Holmdel3.5 mi away

4%365

Edison10.9 mi away

3%305

Woodbridge11.4 mi away

3%280

Jersey City20.5 mi away

2%208

Red Bank7.6 mi away

2%202

Newark20.6 mi away

2%182

Tinton Falls11.7 mi away

1%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%5,919

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

How far

How far Hazlet commutes

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

29%

51%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazlet is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazlet are

5,179 jobs are based in Hazlet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hazlet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hazlet

5,179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Hazlet residents hold

10,051 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−9%

Jobs based in Hazlet, 2013 → 2023: 5,687 → 5,179. 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.