Work & commute · Readington

Work & commute in Readington, NJ

Most working residents leave Readington for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgewater (6%), Raritan (5%) and Branchburg (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

592 of 7,733 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 7,141 Readington residents head out of town to work, 592 work right here, and 8,626 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Readington.

7,141live here, work elsewhere

592live and work here

8,626work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Readington goes to work

Readington (in town)right here

8%592

Bridgewater8.7 mi away

6%433

Raritan7.1 mi away

5%404

Branchburg3.3 mi away

4%308

New York, NY43.9 mi away

3%260

Hillsborough7.9 mi away

2%174

Piscataway16.5 mi away

2%160

Bernards12.4 mi away

2%156

Franklin13.7 mi away

2%147

New Brunswick18.4 mi away

2%146

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%4,953

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

How far

How far Readington commutes

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

31%

37%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Readington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Readington are

9,218 jobs are based in Readington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Readington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Readington

9,218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Readington residents hold

7,733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−4%

Jobs based in Readington, 2013 → 2023: 9,630 → 9,218. 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.