Work & commute · Piscataway

Work & commute in Piscataway, NJ

Most working residents leave Piscataway for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Edison (7%), New York (6%) and New Brunswick (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,268 of 25,922 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,654 Piscataway residents head out of town to work, 2,268 work right here, and 28,994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piscataway.

23,654live here, work elsewhere

2,268live and work here

28,994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piscataway goes to work

Piscataway (in town)right here

9%2,268

Edison6.5 mi away

7%1,753

New York, NY28.6 mi away

6%1,484

New Brunswick4.2 mi away

5%1,354

Franklin6.7 mi away

5%1,258

South Plainfield3.1 mi away

4%1,061

Bridgewater8.2 mi away

4%909

Woodbridge8.9 mi away

3%734

Newark19.5 mi away

2%570

Trenton27.4 mi away

2%422

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%14,109

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

How far

How far Piscataway commutes

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

48%

29%

19%

48%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piscataway is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Piscataway are

31,262 jobs are based in Piscataway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piscataway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Piscataway

31,262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Piscataway residents hold

25,922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−10%

Jobs based in Piscataway, 2013 → 2023: 34,822 → 31,262. 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.