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 4.0Sewaren has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 213 jobs in Sewaren; 1,438 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Sewaren; the top destination outside it is Woodbridge Township (18%, 2 miles). A typical one-way commute from Sewaren lasts 35 minutes (New Jersey 31, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sewaren
Fewer jobs are based in Sewaren than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Sewaren fell from 443 in 2013 to 213 in 2023, −52%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Sewaren is a place people come home to
There are 213 jobs based in Sewaren, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sewaren has about 2,000 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.
74% of the jobs in Sewaren pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sewaren, 2013 → 2023: 443 → 213. 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 Sewaren’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Sewaren
On a workday 1,433 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Sewaren 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 Sewaren goes to work
Where Sewaren clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Sewaren
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sewaren workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,478 commuters (the 17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sewaren
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.
12% of Sewaren works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to New York (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sewaren workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewaren | – | — | — | 35 min | $108,948 |
| Perth Amboy | 4% | C | A+ | 24 min | $61,977 |
| Port Reading | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Port Reading: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sewaren’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 Sewaren: questions
What is the median household income in Sewaren?
$108,948 (±$16,155) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sewaren?
4.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sewaren?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sewaren work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodbridge Township (18%, 2 mi), New York City (8%, 19 mi), Edison Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sewaren without a car?
15% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sewaren, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sewaren
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.