Work & commute · Lawrence

Work & commute in Lawrence, NJ

Most working residents leave Lawrence for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Trenton (10%), Princeton (8%) and Hamilton (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,753 of 14,496 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,743 Lawrence residents head out of town to work, 1,753 work right here, and 23,286 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawrence.

12,743live here, work elsewhere

1,753live and work here

23,286work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawrence goes to work

Lawrence (in town)right here

12%1,753

Trenton5.5 mi away

10%1,434

Princeton5.1 mi away

8%1,122

Hamilton6.6 mi away

5%772

West Windsor4.9 mi away

5%688

New York, NY48.3 mi away

4%575

Ewing4.7 mi away

4%536

Plainsboro7.9 mi away

3%461

Hopewell6.4 mi away

2%352

South Brunswick12.1 mi away

2%281

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%6,522

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

How far

How far Lawrence commutes

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

54%

16%

22%

54%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawrence is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawrence are

25,039 jobs are based in Lawrence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lawrence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lawrence

25,039 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Lawrence residents hold

14,496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+33%

Jobs based in Lawrence, 2013 → 2023: 18,832 → 25,039. 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.