Work & commute · Perth Amboy

Work & commute in Perth Amboy, NJ

Most working residents leave Perth Amboy for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Edison (11%), Woodbridge (7%) and New York (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,392 of 23,567 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 20,175 Perth Amboy residents head out of town to work, 3,392 work right here, and 11,896 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perth Amboy.

20,175live here, work elsewhere

3,392live and work here

11,896work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perth Amboy goes to work

Perth Amboy (in town)right here

14%3,392

Edison4.2 mi away

11%2,565

Woodbridge3 mi away

7%1,644

New York, NY20 mi away

6%1,529

New Brunswick9.4 mi away

3%813

Newark15 mi away

3%633

South Brunswick16.2 mi away

2%573

Linden7.6 mi away

2%474

Jersey City17.1 mi away

2%450

Franklin15 mi away

2%439

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%11,055

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

How far

How far Perth Amboy commutes

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

48%

38%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perth Amboy is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perth Amboy are

15,288 jobs are based in Perth Amboy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perth Amboy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Perth Amboy

15,288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Perth Amboy residents hold

23,567 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+24%

Jobs based in Perth Amboy, 2013 → 2023: 12,282 → 15,288. 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.