Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, NJ

Most working residents leave Madison for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Morristown (4%) and Florham Park (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

610 of 7,035 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 6,425 Madison residents head out of town to work, 610 work right here, and 5,914 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

6,425live here, work elsewhere

610live and work here

5,914work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

New York, NY25.9 mi away

13%920

Madison (in town)right here

9%610

Morristown4.1 mi away

4%298

Florham Park1.7 mi away

4%273

Parsippany-Troy Hills7 mi away

3%221

Newark13 mi away

3%190

Jersey City18.8 mi away

2%162

Summit4 mi away

2%155

Hanover4.3 mi away

2%134

Chatham2.1 mi away

2%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%3,940

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

45%

30%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

6,524 jobs are based in Madison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madison

6,524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Madison residents hold

7,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+29%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 5,051 → 6,524. 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.