Most of Monroe Manor commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 35% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey. 31 jobs are based in Monroe Manor for 917 working residents. Hardly any work in Monroe Manor itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (13%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Monroe Manor, in brief
Monroe Manor is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Monroe Manor, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Monroe Manor has about 1,400 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Monroe Manor’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Monroe Manor is New York City, NY, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (116) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Monroe Manor works from home
35% of Monroe Manor workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
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; with 917 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Monroe Manor, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 914 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Monroe Manor on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Monroe Manor
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 commute of about 35 minutes in Monroe Manor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monroe Manor workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 755 commuters (the 35% 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 that employ Monroe Manor’s residents
Where Monroe Manor clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 Monroe Manor, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Manor, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 31. 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 Monroe Manor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Monroe Manor: questions
What is the median household income in Monroe Manor?
$176,600 (±$52,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Manor?
0.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe Manor?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe Manor work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (13%, 40 mi), Monroe Township (5%, 5 mi), South Brunswick Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monroe Manor without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monroe Manor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monroe Manor
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.