Work & commute · Matawan

Work & commute in Matawan, NJ

Most working residents leave Matawan for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Edison (4%) and Woodbridge (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

195 of 4,762 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,567 Matawan residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 2,707 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Matawan.

4,567live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

2,707work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Matawan goes to work

New York, NY23.4 mi away

13%638

Matawan (in town)right here

4%195

Edison8.7 mi away

4%183

Woodbridge10.8 mi away

3%154

Old Bridge3.8 mi away

3%151

Holmdel4.1 mi away

3%151

Aberdeen1.4 mi away

3%145

Middletown8.7 mi away

2%117

Marlboro4.8 mi away

2%111

Jersey City22.6 mi away

2%102

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%2,815

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

How far

How far Matawan commutes

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

30%

51%

15%

30%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Matawan is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Matawan are

2,902 jobs are based in Matawan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Matawan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Matawan

2,902 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Matawan residents hold

4,762 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+9%

Jobs based in Matawan, 2013 → 2023: 2,656 → 2,902. 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.