Work & commute · Roosevelt

Work & commute in Roosevelt, NJ

Most working residents leave Roosevelt for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Millstone (4%) and Hamilton (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 384 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 382 Roosevelt residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roosevelt.

382live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roosevelt goes to work

New York, NY41.4 mi away

9%36

Millstone2.1 mi away

4%15

Hamilton10.9 mi away

3%13

West Windsor9.6 mi away

3%11

Cranbury6.9 mi away

2%9

Jackson10.7 mi away

2%9

Howell14.2 mi away

2%9

Lakewood17.5 mi away

2%9

East Brunswick14.5 mi away

2%9

Princeton14.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%256

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

How far

How far Roosevelt commutes

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

17%

43%

30%

10%

17%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roosevelt is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roosevelt are

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

Jobs based in Roosevelt

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Roosevelt residents hold

384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−28%

Jobs based in Roosevelt, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 77. 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.