Work & commute · Hillsborough

Work & commute in Hillsborough, NJ

Most working residents leave Hillsborough for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgewater (5%), Franklin (4%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,131 of 22,570 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,439 Hillsborough residents head out of town to work, 2,131 work right here, and 9,768 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillsborough.

20,439live here, work elsewhere

2,131live and work here

9,768work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillsborough goes to work

Hillsborough (in town)right here

9%2,131

Bridgewater7.4 mi away

5%1,132

Franklin6.5 mi away

4%965

New York, NY40.1 mi away

4%960

New Brunswick11.9 mi away

4%796

Edison16.9 mi away

3%766

Branchburg4.9 mi away

3%607

Montgomery5 mi away

2%553

Piscataway11.5 mi away

2%503

Bernards13.6 mi away

2%464

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%13,693

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

How far

How far Hillsborough commutes

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

34%

40%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillsborough is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillsborough are

11,899 jobs are based in Hillsborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillsborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hillsborough

11,899 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Hillsborough residents hold

22,570 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+15%

Jobs based in Hillsborough, 2013 → 2023: 10,362 → 11,899. 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.