Work & commute · Woodbridge

Work & commute in Woodbridge, NJ

Most working residents leave Woodbridge for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Edison (8%) and Newark (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

6,381 of 48,796 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 42,415 Woodbridge residents head out of town to work, 6,381 work right here, and 52,197 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodbridge.

42,415live here, work elsewhere

6,381live and work here

52,197work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodbridge goes to work

Woodbridge (in town)right here

13%6,381

New York, NY19.8 mi away

9%4,216

Edison4.9 mi away

8%3,969

Newark12.9 mi away

4%1,770

Elizabeth8.9 mi away

3%1,356

New Brunswick9.5 mi away

3%1,304

Jersey City15.8 mi away

2%1,115

Perth Amboy3 mi away

2%1,102

Franklin14.8 mi away

2%1,017

Piscataway8.9 mi away

2%853

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%25,713

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

How far

How far Woodbridge commutes

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

46%

41%

46%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodbridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodbridge are

58,578 jobs are based in Woodbridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodbridge

58,578 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Woodbridge residents hold

48,796 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+15%

Jobs based in Woodbridge, 2013 → 2023: 50,932 → 58,578. 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.