Work & commute · Linden

Work & commute in Linden, NJ

Most working residents leave Linden for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), Newark (7%) and Elizabeth (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,915 of 20,089 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 18,174 Linden residents head out of town to work, 1,915 work right here, and 17,668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linden.

18,174live here, work elsewhere

1,915live and work here

17,668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linden goes to work

New York, NY15.8 mi away

10%1,972

Linden (in town)right here

10%1,915

Newark7.5 mi away

7%1,448

Elizabeth3.5 mi away

7%1,408

Edison10.3 mi away

4%776

Woodbridge5.4 mi away

4%765

Jersey City10.7 mi away

3%573

Union5 mi away

2%469

Cranford4 mi away

2%362

Rahway2.7 mi away

2%313

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%10,088

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

How far

How far Linden commutes

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

49%

39%

49%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Linden are

19,583 jobs are based in Linden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Linden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Linden

19,583 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Linden residents hold

20,089 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+19%

Jobs based in Linden, 2013 → 2023: 16,443 → 19,583. 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.