Work & commute · West Amwell

Work & commute in West Amwell, NJ

Most working residents leave West Amwell for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Raritan (6%), Trenton (6%) and Hopewell (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 1,495 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,382 West Amwell residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 910 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Amwell.

1,382live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

910work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Amwell goes to work

West Amwell (in town)right here

8%113

Raritan11.6 mi away

6%91

Trenton12.6 mi away

6%83

Hopewell4.3 mi away

3%52

Lawrence10.5 mi away

3%51

Princeton11.7 mi away

3%43

Lambertville3 mi away

3%42

New York, NY53.6 mi away

3%42

West Windsor15 mi away

2%37

New Brunswick24.5 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%911

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

How far

How far West Amwell commutes

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

26%

39%

24%

11%

26%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Amwell is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Amwell are

1,023 jobs are based in West Amwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Amwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Amwell

1,023 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs West Amwell residents hold

1,495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+43%

Jobs based in West Amwell, 2013 → 2023: 715 → 1,023. 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.