Work & commute · Millstone

Work & commute in Millstone, NJ

Most working residents leave Millstone for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), Freehold (3%) and Hamilton (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

364 of 4,919 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,555 Millstone residents head out of town to work, 364 work right here, and 2,641 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millstone.

4,555live here, work elsewhere

364live and work here

2,641work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millstone goes to work

New York, NY40.4 mi away

10%482

Millstone (in town)right here

7%364

Freehold7 mi away

3%164

Hamilton12.9 mi away

3%134

Manalapan6.5 mi away

2%120

New Brunswick18.9 mi away

2%116

South Brunswick12.8 mi away

2%111

Jersey City39.5 mi away

2%101

Edison20.6 mi away

2%100

West Windsor11.6 mi away

2%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%3,132

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

How far

How far Millstone commutes

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

22%

43%

29%

22%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millstone 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 Millstone are

3,005 jobs are based in Millstone. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Millstone

3,005 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Millstone residents hold

4,919 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+61%

Jobs based in Millstone, 2013 → 2023: 1,862 → 3,005. 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.