Most of Madison Park commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 6% of workers; New Jersey has 17%. Employers in Madison Park report 903 jobs for 3,783 working residents. Only 1% work in Madison Park; the top destination outside it is New York City (11%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Madison Park at work: what stands out
The better-paid jobs are outside Madison Park
65% of Madison Park residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Madison Park pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Madison Park is a place people come home to
There are 903 jobs based in Madison Park, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Madison Park has about 6,200 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Madison Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Madison Park is New York City, NY, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (431) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Madison Park are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Madison Park’s own working residents. 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 Madison Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,074 → 903. 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 Madison Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Madison Park
On a workday 3,729 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 849 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Madison Park on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Madison Park
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.
The towns that employ Madison Park’s residents
Where Madison Park clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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.
Commuting from Madison Park: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madison Park workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,601 commuters (the 6% 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.
The towns around Madison Park
The biggest share goes to Sayreville (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madison Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Park | – | — | — | 32 min | $79,509 |
| Sayreville | 4% | A− | A | 31 min | $99,979 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Madison 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 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 Madison Park: questions
What is the median household income in Madison Park?
$79,509 (±$11,786) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Park?
13.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Park?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (11%, 24 mi), Old Bridge Township (5%, 3 mi), Edison Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Madison Park without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Madison Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madison Park
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.