Work & commute · South Bound Brook

Work & commute in South Bound Brook, NJ

Most working residents leave South Bound Brook for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (10%), Bridgewater (6%) and Edison (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 2,465 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,410 South Bound Brook residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Bound Brook.

2,410live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Bound Brook goes to work

Franklin5.5 mi away

10%235

Bridgewater4.8 mi away

6%146

Edison10 mi away

5%111

New York, NY31.8 mi away

4%100

New Brunswick6.4 mi away

4%99

Piscataway3.6 mi away

3%68

Woodbridge12.4 mi away

3%66

Hillsborough8.5 mi away

3%63

Branchburg9.9 mi away

2%59

South Bound Brook (in town)right here

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,463

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

How far

How far South Bound Brook commutes

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

49%

29%

18%

49%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Bound Brook is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Bound Brook are

418 jobs are based in South Bound Brook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Bound Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Bound Brook

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs South Bound Brook residents hold

2,465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+15%

Jobs based in South Bound Brook, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 418. 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.