Work & commute · North Brunswick

Work & commute in North Brunswick, NJ

Most working residents leave North Brunswick for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New Brunswick (8%), New York (7%) and Edison (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,656 of 22,172 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,516 North Brunswick residents head out of town to work, 1,656 work right here, and 17,374 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Brunswick.

20,516live here, work elsewhere

1,656live and work here

17,374work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Brunswick goes to work

New Brunswick3.1 mi away

8%1,760

North Brunswick (in town)right here

7%1,656

New York, NY32 mi away

7%1,598

Edison7.8 mi away

5%1,156

Franklin4.2 mi away

4%996

South Brunswick5.1 mi away

4%943

East Brunswick3.6 mi away

3%584

Woodbridge12.5 mi away

3%570

Jersey City28.3 mi away

2%530

Piscataway6.6 mi away

2%526

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%11,853

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

How far

How far North Brunswick commutes

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

42%

31%

23%

42%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Brunswick is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Brunswick are

19,030 jobs are based in North Brunswick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Brunswick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Brunswick

19,030 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs North Brunswick residents hold

22,172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−6%

Jobs based in North Brunswick, 2013 → 2023: 20,246 → 19,030. 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.