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
8%
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

Rocky HillNew BrunswickPrincetonNew YorkWest WindsorMontgomeryHillsboroughBridgewaterSouth BrunswickHopewellHamiltonLawrencePlainsboroEdisonFranklinPrincetonNew YorkPlainsboroBridgewaterNew BrunswickFranklinLawrenceWest WindsorEdisonMontgomery
1
Montgomery (in town)right here
8%933
2
Princeton4.7 mi away
6%664
3
New York, NY42.1 mi away
5%590
4
Plainsboro8 mi away
4%450
5
Bridgewater12.1 mi away
3%396
6
New Brunswick13 mi away
3%370
7
Franklin7.6 mi away
3%350
8
Lawrence9.3 mi away
3%335
9
West Windsor9.8 mi away
3%324
10
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%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.

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