Work & commute · Montgomery

Work & commute in Montgomery, NJ

Most working residents leave Montgomery for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (6%), New York (5%) and Plainsboro (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

933 of 11,340 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,407 Montgomery residents head out of town to work, 933 work right here, and 9,038 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montgomery.

10,407live here, work elsewhere

933live and work here

9,038work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montgomery goes to work

Montgomery (in town)right here

8%933

Princeton4.7 mi away

6%664

New York, NY42.1 mi away

5%590

Plainsboro8 mi away

4%450

Bridgewater12.1 mi away

3%396

New Brunswick13 mi away

3%370

Franklin7.6 mi away

3%350

Lawrence9.3 mi away

3%335

West Windsor9.8 mi away

3%324

Edison18.2 mi away

3%306

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%6,622

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

How far

How far Montgomery commutes

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

34%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montgomery is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montgomery are

9,971 jobs are based in Montgomery. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montgomery’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montgomery

9,971 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Montgomery residents hold

11,340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

−16%

Jobs based in Montgomery, 2013 → 2023: 11,817 → 9,971. 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.