Work & commute · Jamesburg

Work & commute in Jamesburg, NJ

Most working residents leave Jamesburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Monroe (6%) and South Brunswick (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

141 of 2,993 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,852 Jamesburg residents head out of town to work, 141 work right here, and 1,823 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jamesburg.

2,852live here, work elsewhere

141live and work here

1,823work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jamesburg goes to work

New York, NY34.1 mi away

9%269

Monroe2.1 mi away

6%185

South Brunswick5 mi away

6%171

Jamesburg (in town)right here

5%141

Edison11.8 mi away

4%115

New Brunswick9.5 mi away

3%85

East Brunswick5.5 mi away

3%80

Cranbury4.9 mi away

3%78

Newark29.5 mi away

2%65

Jersey City31.9 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,740

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

How far

How far Jamesburg commutes

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

33%

35%

28%

33%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jamesburg is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jamesburg are

1,964 jobs are based in Jamesburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jamesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jamesburg

1,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Jamesburg residents hold

2,993 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−9%

Jobs based in Jamesburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,165 → 1,964. 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.