Work & commute · Warren

Work & commute in Warren, NJ

Most working residents leave Warren for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Bridgewater (4%) and Newark (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

535 of 6,898 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 6,363 Warren residents head out of town to work, 535 work right here, and 9,574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warren.

6,363live here, work elsewhere

535live and work here

9,574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warren goes to work

Warren (in town)right here

8%535

New York, NY30.5 mi away

7%454

Bridgewater5.3 mi away

4%249

Newark19.2 mi away

3%194

Bernards3.9 mi away

3%193

Edison12.7 mi away

3%191

New Brunswick10.9 mi away

2%152

Jersey City24.4 mi away

2%150

Summit9.8 mi away

2%147

Morristown11.4 mi away

2%139

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%4,494

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

How far

How far Warren commutes

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

35%

40%

20%

35%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warren is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Warren are

10,109 jobs are based in Warren. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warren’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warren

10,109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Warren residents hold

6,898 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−14%

Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 11,765 → 10,109. 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.