Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in Gillette
Working residents average 23 minutes each way, where New Jersey has 31 and the U.S. 26. For 30% of workers, the job is at home (New Jersey 17%). Only 3% work in Gillette itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (11%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Gillette
The better-paid jobs are outside Gillette
77% of Gillette residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Gillette pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A lot of Gillette works from home
31% of Gillette workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Gillette are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker, and quicker than any town next door (27 to 37 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Gillette’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Gillette is New York City, NY, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (160) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
What Gillette’s employers do
875 jobs are based in Gillette.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gillette, 2013 → 2023: 846 → 875. 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 Gillette’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Gillette: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gillette workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,063 commuters (the 30% 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.
How many miles Gillette commutes
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.
A workday in Gillette: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,362 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 832 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Gillette on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 out of Gillette: the destinations
Where Gillette clocks in
11% 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.
The towns around Gillette
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gillette workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillette | – | — | — | 23 min | $109,050 |
| Berkeley Heights Township | 3% | A+ | A | 37 min | $204,658 |
| Warren Township | 3% | A+ | A− | 33 min | $204,063 |
| Stirling | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Chatham Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stirling: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Chatham Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Berkeley Heights Township. Darker towns draw more of Gillette’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 Gillette: questions
What is the median household income in Gillette?
$109,050 (±$107,239) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gillette?
7.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gillette?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gillette work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (11%, 27 mi), Long Hill Township (7%, 2 mi), Newark (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gillette without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gillette, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gillette
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.