Work & commute · Helmetta

Work & commute in Helmetta, NJ

Most working residents leave Helmetta for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are New York (8%), East Brunswick (6%) and Edison (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 1,522 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,515 Helmetta residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Helmetta.

1,515live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Helmetta goes to work

New York, NY32.2 mi away

8%121

East Brunswick3.3 mi away

6%92

Edison9.5 mi away

5%69

South Brunswick5.2 mi away

4%63

New Brunswick7.6 mi away

4%62

Monroe4.1 mi away

3%46

Woodbridge14.4 mi away

3%43

Spotswood1.9 mi away

2%37

North Brunswick5.8 mi away

2%34

Jersey City29.7 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%922

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

How far

How far Helmetta commutes

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

35%

39%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Helmetta is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Helmetta are

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

Jobs based in Helmetta

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Helmetta residents hold

1,522 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−5%

Jobs based in Helmetta, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 137. 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.