A job hub: Basking Ridge has 3.7 jobs per working resident, and 11,276 people come in to work
At home: 24% of workers have no commute at all (New Jersey 17%). Employers in Basking Ridge report 11,455 jobs; 3,098 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in Basking Ridge itself; outside it, Bernards Township draws the most (12%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Basking Ridge and work: the main findings
Basking Ridge fills up on a workday
Basking Ridge has 11,455 jobs, 3.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 16,000 people are in town, more than double the 7,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Basking Ridge draws workers from far and wide
The 11,455 jobs in Basking Ridge are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 20%; the other 78% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Basking Ridge is services
98% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Basking Ridge’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 7% of working residents, and 62% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Basking Ridge residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
78% of Basking Ridge’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 89% of the jobs based in Basking Ridge. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Basking Ridge’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 2,919 residents head out to work and 179 work right here.
About 16,000 people are in Basking Ridge on a workday afternoon, 106% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Basking Ridge: where workers come from
Where Basking Ridge clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Basking Ridge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Basking Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 7,746 → 11,455. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Basking Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Basking Ridge: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Basking Ridge workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,713 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Basking Ridge commutes less than 13 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Basking Ridge and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bernardsville (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Basking Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basking Ridge | – | — | — | 29 min | $188,295 |
| Harding Township | under 2% | A+ | A− | 32 min | $222,429 |
| Bernardsville | 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $236,115 |
| Lyons | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Liberty Corner | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lyons and Liberty Corner: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Basking Ridge’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Basking Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Basking Ridge?
$188,295 (±$44,041) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Basking Ridge?
3.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Basking Ridge?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Basking Ridge work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bernards Township (12%, 2 mi), New York City (7%, 33 mi), Morristown (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Basking Ridge without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Basking Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Basking Ridge
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.