Work & commute · Kenilworth

Work & commute in Kenilworth, NJ

Most working residents leave Kenilworth for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (8%), Newark (7%) and Elizabeth (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

276 of 3,985 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,709 Kenilworth residents head out of town to work, 276 work right here, and 5,787 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenilworth.

3,709live here, work elsewhere

276live and work here

5,787work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenilworth goes to work

New York, NY18.3 mi away

8%320

Newark6.8 mi away

7%290

Kenilworth (in town)right here

7%276

Elizabeth5 mi away

6%235

Union1.6 mi away

5%192

Cranford1.7 mi away

3%104

Westfield3.4 mi away

2%92

Edison12.4 mi away

2%89

Springfield2.8 mi away

2%75

Jersey City11.9 mi away

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,238

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

How far

How far Kenilworth commutes

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

54%

36%

54%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenilworth is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenilworth are

6,063 jobs are based in Kenilworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenilworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kenilworth

6,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Kenilworth residents hold

3,985 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−13%

Jobs based in Kenilworth, 2013 → 2023: 6,988 → 6,063. 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.