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 3.0Roosevelt has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Roosevelt report 77 jobs, and 384 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Roosevelt itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (9%, 41 miles). Working from home is the commute for 23% of workers, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Roosevelt is New York City, NY, 41 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (36) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Roosevelt is a place people come home to
There are 77 jobs based in Roosevelt, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Roosevelt has about 500 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 384 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Roosevelt goes 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.
How a workday changes Roosevelt
On a workday 382 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Roosevelt on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where Roosevelt goes to work
Where Roosevelt clocks in
9% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Goods, not services: 36% of the jobs in Roosevelt
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roosevelt, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 77. 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 Roosevelt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Roosevelt spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roosevelt workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 297 commuters (the 23% 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.
Roosevelt and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Millstone Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roosevelt workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt | – | — | — | 34 min | $110,000 |
| Millstone Township | 4% | A+ | B | 36 min | $218,472 |
| Upper Freehold Township | under 3% | A | B | 32 min | $183,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roosevelt’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 Roosevelt: questions
What is the median household income in Roosevelt?
$110,000 (±$19,821) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roosevelt?
2.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roosevelt?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roosevelt work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (9%, 41 mi), Millstone Township (4%, 2 mi), Hamilton Township (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roosevelt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roosevelt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roosevelt
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.