Work & commute · Rumson

Work & commute in Rumson, NJ

Most working residents leave Rumson for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Red Bank (4%) and Middletown (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

211 of 2,911 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,700 Rumson residents head out of town to work, 211 work right here, and 1,452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rumson.

2,700live here, work elsewhere

211live and work here

1,452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rumson goes to work

New York, NY21.1 mi away

17%484

Rumson (in town)right here

7%211

Red Bank3.4 mi away

4%123

Middletown4.6 mi away

3%97

Jersey City24.3 mi away

3%78

Little Silver2.3 mi away

2%71

Newark26.5 mi away

2%60

Sea Bright1.4 mi away

2%59

Woodbridge20.5 mi away

2%57

Shrewsbury3.7 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,617

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

How far

How far Rumson commutes

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

31%

36%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rumson is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rumson are

1,663 jobs are based in Rumson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rumson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rumson

1,663 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Rumson residents hold

2,911 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+2%

Jobs based in Rumson, 2013 → 2023: 1,636 → 1,663. 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.