Work & commute · Middletown

Work & commute in Middletown, NJ

Most working residents leave Middletown for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), Red Bank (4%) and Holmdel (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

3,583 of 30,616 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,033 Middletown residents head out of town to work, 3,583 work right here, and 13,519 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middletown.

27,033live here, work elsewhere

3,583live and work here

13,519work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middletown goes to work

New York, NY19.1 mi away

15%4,519

Middletown (in town)right here

12%3,583

Red Bank3.9 mi away

4%1,175

Holmdel5.8 mi away

3%898

Woodbridge15.9 mi away

2%684

Jersey City21.2 mi away

2%642

Tinton Falls9.7 mi away

2%640

Edison16.1 mi away

2%583

Newark22.7 mi away

2%505

Wall16.6 mi away

2%486

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%16,901

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

How far

How far Middletown commutes

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

34%

42%

18%

34%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middletown is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middletown are

17,102 jobs are based in Middletown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middletown

17,102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Middletown residents hold

30,616 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−9%

Jobs based in Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 18,871 → 17,102. 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.