Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Kendall Park commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Kendall Park itself; outside it, South Brunswick Township draws the most (10%, 3 miles). Kendall Park has 1,277 jobs for 4,929 working residents. Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Kendall Park apart
No single place dominates Kendall Park’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 7% of working residents, and 54% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Kendall Park residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Kendall Park has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Kendall Park went from 795 in 2014 to 1,277 in 2024, +61%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The towns that employ Kendall Park’s residents
Where Kendall Park clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
In Kendall Park, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kendall Park, 2014 → 2024: 795 → 1,277. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kendall Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Kendall Park
On a workday 4,826 residents head out to work, 103 work right here, and 1,174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Kendall Park on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Kendall Park: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kendall Park workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,285 commuters (the 21% 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 Kendall Park goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Kendall Park and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Franklin Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kendall Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall Park | – | — | — | 31 min | $165,958 |
| Heathcote | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Franklin Township | 5% | A | A− | 34 min | $124,648 |
| Ten Mile Run | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Franklin Park | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Heathcote, Ten Mile Run and Franklin Park: 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 Kendall Park’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 2024, 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 Kendall Park: questions
What is the median household income in Kendall Park?
$165,958 (±$30,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kendall Park?
4.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kendall Park?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kendall Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Brunswick Township (10%, 3 mi), New York City (7%, 37 mi), New Brunswick (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kendall Park without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kendall Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kendall Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.