Work & commute · Kingwood

Work & commute in Kingwood, NJ

Most working residents leave Kingwood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Raritan (10%), Flemington (4%) and Frenchtown (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 1,841 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,770 Kingwood residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 494 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingwood.

1,770live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

494work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingwood goes to work

Raritan7.4 mi away

10%176

Flemington8.4 mi away

4%74

Kingwood (in town)right here

4%71

Frenchtown3 mi away

3%62

New York, NY57.9 mi away

3%52

Branchburg16.6 mi away

3%50

Trenton23.1 mi away

3%48

Bridgewater22.8 mi away

3%48

Clinton12.3 mi away

2%32

Readington14.5 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%1,200

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

How far

How far Kingwood commutes

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

25%

33%

30%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingwood is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingwood are

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

Jobs based in Kingwood

565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Kingwood residents hold

1,841 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−15%

Jobs based in Kingwood, 2013 → 2023: 666 → 565. 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.