Work & commute · Old Bridge

Work & commute in Old Bridge, NJ

Most working residents leave Old Bridge for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (11%), Edison (4%) and Woodbridge (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,272 of 31,778 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29,506 Old Bridge residents head out of town to work, 2,272 work right here, and 11,492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Bridge.

29,506live here, work elsewhere

2,272live and work here

11,492work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old Bridge goes to work

New York, NY26.4 mi away

11%3,456

Old Bridge (in town)right here

7%2,272

Edison7.2 mi away

4%1,389

Woodbridge10.9 mi away

4%1,166

New Brunswick9.1 mi away

3%997

East Brunswick6 mi away

3%868

Jersey City24.8 mi away

2%741

Newark23.2 mi away

2%675

Sayreville4.4 mi away

2%615

Marlboro5 mi away

2%574

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%19,025

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

How far

How far Old Bridge commutes

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

30%

43%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old Bridge is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Old Bridge are

13,764 jobs are based in Old Bridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Bridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old Bridge

13,764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Old Bridge residents hold

31,778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+26%

Jobs based in Old Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 10,895 → 13,764. 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.