There are 2.6 jobs in Keasbey for every working resident, and 3,546 people commute in
Only 1% work in Keasbey; the top destination outside it is Woodbridge Township (12%, 3 miles). Employers in Keasbey report 3,561 jobs, against 1,365 working residents. For 8% of workers, the job is at home, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Keasbey stands out on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
80% of the jobs in Keasbey are in trade, transport and utilities, against 33% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Keasbey is where the jobs are
Keasbey has 3,561 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,400 people are in town, 98% more than the 2,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Keasbey
61% of Keasbey residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Keasbey pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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.
What Keasbey’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keasbey, 2013 → 2023: 3,088 → 3,561. 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 Keasbey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Keasbey by day
On a workday 1,350 residents head out to work and 15 work right here.
About 4,400 people are in Keasbey on a workday afternoon, 98% more than live here.
2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Keasbey’s workforce comes from
Where Keasbey clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
How long Keasbey spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keasbey workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 770 commuters (the 8% 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 far it is to work from Keasbey
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.
Keasbey and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keasbey workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keasbey | – | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Fords | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Sayreville | under 2% | A− | A | 31 min | $99,979 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fords: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keasbey’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 Keasbey: questions
What is the poverty rate in Keasbey?
31.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keasbey?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keasbey work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodbridge Township (12%, 3 mi), Edison Township (10%, 2 mi), New York City (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keasbey without a car?
21% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keasbey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keasbey
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.