Work & commute · High Bridge

Work & commute in High Bridge, NJ

Most working residents leave High Bridge for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Raritan (5%), Clinton (4%) and Bridgewater (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 1,942 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,879 High Bridge residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 789 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in High Bridge.

1,879live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

789work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where High Bridge goes to work

Raritan8.5 mi away

5%91

Clinton3 mi away

4%87

Bridgewater15.9 mi away

4%81

New York, NY49.9 mi away

4%72

High Bridge (in town)right here

3%63

Readington8.7 mi away

3%50

Branchburg11.9 mi away

2%47

Bernards16.9 mi away

2%46

Franklin22.3 mi away

2%45

Flemington11.3 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,322

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

How far

How far High Bridge commutes

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

20%

35%

38%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

High Bridge is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in High Bridge are

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

Jobs based in High Bridge

852 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs High Bridge residents hold

1,942 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+1%

Jobs based in High Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 840 → 852. 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.