Work & commute · Raritan

Work & commute in Raritan, NJ

Most working residents leave Raritan for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgewater (9%), Branchburg (5%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

270 of 4,018 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,748 Raritan residents head out of town to work, 270 work right here, and 8,376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Raritan.

3,748live here, work elsewhere

270live and work here

8,376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Raritan goes to work

Bridgewater3 mi away

9%376

Raritan (in town)right here

7%270

Branchburg3.4 mi away

5%190

New York, NY38 mi away

4%165

Franklin8.5 mi away

4%150

Hillsborough5.2 mi away

3%130

Edison16.6 mi away

3%122

New Brunswick12.4 mi away

3%101

Somerville2.4 mi away

2%95

Piscataway10.3 mi away

2%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,332

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.

38%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Raritan is a job hub

2.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Raritan are

8,646 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

8,646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Raritan residents hold

4,018 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+3%

Jobs based in Raritan, 2013 → 2023: 8,428 → 8,646. 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.