Work & commute · Roseland

Work & commute in Roseland, NJ

Most working residents leave Roseland for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), Newark (6%) and Livingston (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

150 of 3,173 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,023 Roseland residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 7,344 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roseland.

3,023live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

7,344work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roseland goes to work

New York, NY22.3 mi away

15%471

Newark9.8 mi away

6%191

Roseland (in town)right here

5%150

Livingston2.6 mi away

4%133

Parsippany-Troy Hills6.5 mi away

4%133

Fairfield4.2 mi away

3%84

Jersey City14.9 mi away

3%80

West Orange3.4 mi away

2%69

Morristown8.9 mi away

2%60

Florham Park5.4 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,744

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

How far

How far Roseland commutes

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

50%

42%

50%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roseland is a job hub

2.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roseland are

7,494 jobs are based in Roseland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roseland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roseland

7,494 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Roseland residents hold

3,173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

−29%

Jobs based in Roseland, 2013 → 2023: 10,548 → 7,494. 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.