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Work & commute in Keasbey · A job hub

Every workday, about 3,500 people come to Keasbey for work

Most working residents leave Keasbey for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Woodbridge (12%), Edison (10%) and New York (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Work in town
1%
15 of 1,365 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
27 min
Less than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
8%
Less than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
3,561
A job hub

What kind of work town is Keasbey?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Keasbey nearly doubles on a workday

On a workday 1,350 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 3,546 people come in from elsewhere.

1,350live here, work elsewhere
15live and work here
3,546work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,300
Workday4,400
2,300live here− 1,400head out to work+ 3,500come in to work= 4,400on a workday

About 4,400 people are in Keasbey on a workday afternoon, 98% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.61jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

Next door

12% of Keasbey works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Woodbridge (12%). Darker towns draw more of Keasbey’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Keasbey27 min
Fords31 min
Sayreville31 min
Woodbridge33 min
The jobs

What the 3,561 jobs in Keasbey are

3,561 jobs are based in Keasbey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keasbey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in KeasbeyJobs Keasbey residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms1%11%
Trade, transport & utilities80%33%
Services: health, schools, offices19%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%26%
Over $3,333 a month43%61%

Who does it

29 or younger28%22%
30 to 5449%56%
55 and older23%22%
+15%

Jobs based in Keasbey, 2013 → 2023: 3,088 → 3,561. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

The commute map

Where Keasbey’s workers come from

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Rahway: 76 workers live here (2%)Perth Amboy: 270 workers live here (8%)New BrunswickLindenElizabeth: 157 workers live here (4%)Sayreville: 68 workers live here (2%)Jersey City: 104 workers live here (3%)Newark: 145 workers live here (4%)New York: 241 workers live here (7%)Old Bridge: 77 workers live here (2%)East BrunswickEdison: 116 workers live here (3%)Woodbridge: 236 workers live here (7%)KeasbeyFordsPerth AmboyNew YorkWoodbridgeElizabethNewarkEdisonKeasbey
1
Perth Amboy2.1 mi away
8%270
2
New York, NY22.1 mi away
7%241
3
Woodbridge3.4 mi away
7%236
4
Elizabeth12.2 mi away
4%157
5
Newark16.2 mi away
4%145
6
Edison2.1 mi away
3%116
7
Jersey City18.8 mi away
3%104
8
Old Bridge7.6 mi away
2%77
9
Rahway6.6 mi away
2%76
10
Sayreville3.4 mi away
2%68
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%2,071
The top trips

Where Keasbey clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Keasbey commutes less than 11 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miWoodbridge: 12% · 3.4 miEdison: 10% · 2.1 miNew York: 8% · 22.1 miPerth Amboy: 7% · 2.1 miNewark: 4% · 16.2 miNew Brunswick: 3% · 7.2 miJersey City: 2% · 18.8 miEast Brunswick: 2% · 8.3 miLinden: 2% · 8.7 miElizabeth: 2% · 12.2 miWoodbridge 12%Edison 10%Perth Amboy 7%Newark 4%Keasbey
KeasbeyTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi647 residents
40%10–24 mi542 residents
9%25–50 mi118 residents
4%Over 50 mi57 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
210 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Keasbey27 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Keasbey workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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