Work & commute · Roselle Park

Work & commute in Roselle Park, NJ

Most working residents leave Roselle Park for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (11%), Elizabeth (8%) and Newark (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

327 of 6,908 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,581 Roselle Park residents head out of town to work, 327 work right here, and 1,464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roselle Park.

6,581live here, work elsewhere

327live and work here

1,464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roselle Park goes to work

New York, NY17.2 mi away

11%736

Elizabeth3.8 mi away

8%548

Newark6.4 mi away

7%492

Roselle Park (in town)right here

5%327

Union2.1 mi away

4%295

Edison11.9 mi away

3%241

Woodbridge7.3 mi away

2%166

Cranford2 mi away

2%164

Linden3.1 mi away

2%156

Jersey City11 mi away

2%155

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%3,628

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

How far

How far Roselle Park commutes

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

52%

39%

52%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roselle Park is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roselle Park are

1,791 jobs are based in Roselle Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roselle Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roselle Park

1,791 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Roselle Park residents hold

6,908 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−4%

Jobs based in Roselle Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,868 → 1,791. 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.