Work & commute · Milltown

Work & commute in Milltown, NJ

Most working residents leave Milltown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Brunswick (9%), New York (7%) and East Brunswick (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

147 of 3,568 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,421 Milltown residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 1,266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milltown.

3,421live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

1,266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milltown goes to work

New Brunswick2.6 mi away

9%311

New York, NY29.9 mi away

7%233

East Brunswick1.9 mi away

6%203

Edison5.9 mi away

5%188

North Brunswick2.3 mi away

4%160

Milltown (in town)right here

4%147

South Brunswick6.5 mi away

3%124

Woodbridge10.7 mi away

3%109

Piscataway6.7 mi away

3%104

Franklin6.4 mi away

3%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,895

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

How far

How far Milltown commutes

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

45%

31%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milltown is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milltown are

1,413 jobs are based in Milltown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milltown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milltown

1,413 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Milltown residents hold

3,568 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−19%

Jobs based in Milltown, 2013 → 2023: 1,752 → 1,413. 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.