Work & commute · Rocky Hill

Work & commute in Rocky Hill, NJ

Most working residents leave Rocky Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (15%), Montgomery (7%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 403 Rocky Hill residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocky Hill.

403live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rocky Hill goes to work

Princeton3.3 mi away

15%62

Montgomery2.7 mi away

7%29

New York, NY41 mi away

4%17

Lawrence8.4 mi away

4%16

Plainsboro5.3 mi away

4%16

New Brunswick11.8 mi away

3%13

Edison16.9 mi away

3%11

Bridgewater13.4 mi away

2%10

Franklin7 mi away

2%10

West Windsor7.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%215

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

How far

How far Rocky Hill commutes

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

40%

31%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rocky Hill is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocky Hill are

247 jobs are based in Rocky Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rocky Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rocky Hill

247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rocky Hill residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−18%

Jobs based in Rocky Hill, 2013 → 2023: 302 → 247. 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.