Work & commute · Shrewsbury

Work & commute in Shrewsbury, NJ

Most working residents leave Shrewsbury for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Middletown (5%) and Red Bank (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

94 of 1,687 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,593 Shrewsbury residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 5,645 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shrewsbury.

1,593live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

5,645work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shrewsbury goes to work

New York, NY24.1 mi away

7%123

Shrewsbury (in town)right here

6%94

Middletown5.5 mi away

5%77

Red Bank1.6 mi away

4%74

Eatontown2.4 mi away

4%73

Tinton Falls4.6 mi away

3%55

Little Silver1.4 mi away

3%51

Wall11.3 mi away

3%43

Holmdel7 mi away

2%42

Long Branch4.2 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,014

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

How far

How far Shrewsbury commutes

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

43%

29%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shrewsbury is a job hub

3.40jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shrewsbury are

5,739 jobs are based in Shrewsbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shrewsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shrewsbury

5,739 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Shrewsbury residents hold

1,687 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+4%

Jobs based in Shrewsbury, 2013 → 2023: 5,521 → 5,739. 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.