Work & commute · Spotswood

Work & commute in Spotswood, NJ

Most working residents leave Spotswood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), East Brunswick (7%) and New Brunswick (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

260 of 4,224 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,964 Spotswood residents head out of town to work, 260 work right here, and 1,195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spotswood.

3,964live here, work elsewhere

260live and work here

1,195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spotswood goes to work

New York, NY30.2 mi away

9%383

East Brunswick2.6 mi away

7%278

Spotswood (in town)right here

6%260

New Brunswick7 mi away

4%181

South Brunswick6.9 mi away

3%138

Edison8 mi away

3%134

Monroe5.5 mi away

3%117

Franklin10.1 mi away

3%114

Woodbridge12.7 mi away

3%107

North Brunswick6 mi away

2%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,425

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

How far

How far Spotswood commutes

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

39%

34%

24%

39%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spotswood is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spotswood are

1,455 jobs are based in Spotswood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spotswood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spotswood

1,455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Spotswood residents hold

4,224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−29%

Jobs based in Spotswood, 2013 → 2023: 2,041 → 1,455. 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.