Work & commute · Marlboro

Work & commute in Marlboro, NJ

Most working residents leave Marlboro for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), Jersey City (3%) and Woodbridge (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,434 of 18,705 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,271 Marlboro residents head out of town to work, 1,434 work right here, and 10,423 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlboro.

17,271live here, work elsewhere

1,434live and work here

10,423work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlboro goes to work

New York, NY27.7 mi away

15%2,879

Marlboro (in town)right here

8%1,434

Jersey City27.4 mi away

3%524

Woodbridge15.2 mi away

3%496

Edison12.2 mi away

3%490

Manalapan6.3 mi away

2%447

Freehold8.5 mi away

2%441

Holmdel4.9 mi away

2%407

Newark26.7 mi away

2%390

Old Bridge5 mi away

2%346

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%10,851

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

How far

How far Marlboro commutes

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

25%

33%

37%

25%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlboro is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marlboro are

11,857 jobs are based in Marlboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marlboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marlboro

11,857 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Marlboro residents hold

18,705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+21%

Jobs based in Marlboro, 2013 → 2023: 9,816 → 11,857. 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.