Work & commute · Raritan

Work & commute in Raritan, NJ

Most working residents leave Raritan for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Flemington (5%), Bridgewater (4%) and New York (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,480 of 12,547 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,067 Raritan residents head out of town to work, 1,480 work right here, and 9,167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Raritan.

11,067live here, work elsewhere

1,480live and work here

9,167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Raritan goes to work

Raritan (in town)right here

12%1,480

Flemington3.3 mi away

5%658

Bridgewater15.6 mi away

4%555

New York, NY50.8 mi away

3%430

Hillsborough12.3 mi away

3%337

Branchburg9.5 mi away

2%313

Readington7.1 mi away

2%286

Franklin18.8 mi away

2%263

Trenton23.4 mi away

2%259

New Brunswick24.1 mi away

2%255

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%7,711

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

How far

How far Raritan commutes

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

25%

41%

29%

25%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Raritan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Raritan are

10,647 jobs are based in Raritan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Raritan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Raritan

10,647 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Raritan residents hold

12,547 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−3%

Jobs based in Raritan, 2013 → 2023: 10,982 → 10,647. 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.