Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, NJ

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (12%), South Brunswick (3%) and Edison (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,242 of 21,132 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,890 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 1,242 work right here, and 10,989 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

19,890live here, work elsewhere

1,242live and work here

10,989work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

New York, NY35 mi away

12%2,445

Monroe (in town)right here

6%1,242

South Brunswick6.7 mi away

3%726

Edison13.5 mi away

3%678

New Brunswick11.6 mi away

3%662

Jersey City33.2 mi away

3%576

East Brunswick7.4 mi away

3%530

Woodbridge18.2 mi away

2%523

Jamesburg2.1 mi away

2%507

Newark31 mi away

2%463

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%12,780

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

26%

35%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

12,231 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

12,231 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

21,132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+21%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 10,085 → 12,231. 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.