Work & commute · New Providence

Work & commute in New Providence, NJ

Most working residents leave New Providence for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Summit (4%) and Newark (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

446 of 6,099 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 5,653 New Providence residents head out of town to work, 446 work right here, and 7,564 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Providence.

5,653live here, work elsewhere

446live and work here

7,564work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Providence goes to work

New York, NY24.6 mi away

17%1,042

New Providence (in town)right here

7%446

Summit2.5 mi away

4%250

Newark12.4 mi away

4%242

Berkeley Heights1.8 mi away

3%157

Jersey City17.9 mi away

2%146

Morristown7.7 mi away

2%138

Woodbridge11.2 mi away

2%132

Millburn5.4 mi away

2%126

Parsippany-Troy Hills11.1 mi away

2%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,310

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

How far

How far New Providence commutes

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

40%

46%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Providence is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Providence are

8,010 jobs are based in New Providence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Providence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Providence

8,010 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs New Providence residents hold

6,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

−1%

Jobs based in New Providence, 2013 → 2023: 8,073 → 8,010. 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.