Work & commute · Roselle

Work & commute in Roselle, NJ

Most working residents leave Roselle for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), Newark (10%) and Elizabeth (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

425 of 10,584 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

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,159 Roselle residents head out of town to work, 425 work right here, and 3,442 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roselle.

10,159live here, work elsewhere

425live and work here

3,442work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roselle goes to work

New York, NY16.9 mi away

10%1,080

Newark6.8 mi away

10%1,014

Elizabeth3.6 mi away

7%703

Edison11.2 mi away

4%434

Roselle (in town)right here

4%425

Linden2.1 mi away

3%354

Jersey City11 mi away

3%345

Woodbridge6.5 mi away

3%336

Union3 mi away

3%296

Cranford2.3 mi away

2%209

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,388

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

How far

How far Roselle commutes

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

50%

40%

50%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roselle is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roselle are

3,867 jobs are based in Roselle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roselle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roselle

3,867 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Roselle residents hold

10,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−3%

Jobs based in Roselle, 2013 → 2023: 3,995 → 3,867. 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.