Work & commute · Washington

Work & commute in Washington, NJ

Most working residents leave Washington for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (5%), Mount Olive (4%) and Morristown (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

637 of 8,432 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,795 Washington residents head out of town to work, 637 work right here, and 3,378 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Washington.

7,795live here, work elsewhere

637live and work here

3,378work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Washington goes to work

Washington (in town)right here

8%637

New York, NY45.8 mi away

5%421

Mount Olive6.3 mi away

4%304

Morristown16.8 mi away

3%286

Parsippany-Troy Hills20.2 mi away

3%281

Bernards14.1 mi away

3%255

Bridgewater16.7 mi away

3%215

Chester5.6 mi away

2%193

Hackettstown5 mi away

2%174

Newark33 mi away

2%173

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%5,493

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

How far

How far Washington commutes

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

22%

40%

32%

22%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Washington is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Washington are

4,015 jobs are based in Washington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Washington

4,015 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Washington residents hold

8,432 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+22%

Jobs based in Washington, 2013 → 2023: 3,291 → 4,015. 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.