Work & commute · North Plainfield

Work & commute in North Plainfield, NJ

Most working residents leave North Plainfield for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (6%), Edison (5%) and Piscataway (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

400 of 10,347 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,947 North Plainfield residents head out of town to work, 400 work right here, and 2,998 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Plainfield.

9,947live here, work elsewhere

400live and work here

2,998work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Plainfield goes to work

New York, NY26.4 mi away

6%650

Edison9.4 mi away

5%503

North Plainfield (in town)right here

4%400

Piscataway5.3 mi away

3%345

Newark15.7 mi away

3%340

South Plainfield3.5 mi away

3%311

Franklin11.6 mi away

3%286

Bridgewater8.9 mi away

2%252

New Brunswick9.3 mi away

2%248

Plainfield1.3 mi away

2%248

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%6,764

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

How far

How far North Plainfield commutes

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

44%

33%

17%

44%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Plainfield is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Plainfield are

3,398 jobs are based in North Plainfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Plainfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Plainfield

3,398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs North Plainfield residents hold

10,347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+21%

Jobs based in North Plainfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,798 → 3,398. 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.