Jobs, income and commuting in Neshanic Station, NJ
Only 1% work in Neshanic Station; the top destination outside it is Branchburg Township (8%, 2 miles). Working residents average 33 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. Neshanic Station has 1,618 jobs for 2,432 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Neshanic Station: the gist
Neshanic Station makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Neshanic Station are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Neshanic Station residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 12%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Neshanic Station pay over $40,000 a year
84% of the jobs based in Neshanic Station pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Neshanic Station’s commute
The biggest draw, Bridgewater Township, gets only 7% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Neshanic Station residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
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.
Goods jobs make up 65% of work in Neshanic Station
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neshanic Station, 2013 → 2023: 1,415 → 1,618. 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 Neshanic Station’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Neshanic Station’s working residents head each day
Where Neshanic Station clocks in
8% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Neshanic Station
On a workday 2,398 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 1,584 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Neshanic Station on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.67 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.
About 33 minutes each way for Neshanic Station’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Neshanic Station workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,855 commuters (the 16% 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 distance from Neshanic Station to work
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.
Neshanic Station and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hillsborough Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Neshanic Station workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neshanic Station | – | — | — | 33 min | $221,395 |
| Hillsborough Township | 3% | A | B− | 33 min | $154,031 |
| Neshanic | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Flagtown | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Neshanic and Flagtown: 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 Neshanic Station’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 Neshanic Station: questions
What is the median household income in Neshanic Station?
$221,395 (±$33,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neshanic Station?
0.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neshanic Station?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neshanic Station work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Branchburg Township (8%, 2 mi), Bridgewater Township (7%, 8 mi), New York City (5%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Neshanic Station without a car?
1% 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 Neshanic Station, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neshanic Station
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.