Work, pay and getting to work in Six Mile Run
Only 2% work in Six Mile Run itself; outside it, Franklin Township draws the most (10%, 1 miles). Home is the office for 27% of workers (New Jersey 17%). The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average; New Jersey averages 31, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Six Mile Run, in a few figures
Six Mile Run trades workers with the towns around it
Six Mile Run has about as many jobs (2,021) as working residents (1,758), but they are mostly different people: 1,728 residents leave for work each day while 1,991 people come in. Only 1% of the jobs in Six Mile Run are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Six Mile Run
27% of Six Mile Run workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Six Mile Run has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Six Mile Run went from 1,363 in 2014 to 2,021 in 2024, +48%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The workday shuffle in and out of Six Mile Run
On a workday 1,728 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 1,991 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 32 minutes each way, about the NJ average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Six Mile Run workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,427 commuters (the 27% 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.
71% of the jobs in Six Mile Run pay over $3,333 a month
2,021 jobs are based in Six Mile Run.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Six Mile Run, 2014 → 2024: 1,363 → 2,021. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Six Mile Run’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Six Mile Run’s working residents head each day
Where Six Mile Run clocks in
10% 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.
How far Six Mile Run’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Six Mile Run and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Six Mile Run workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Six Mile Run | – | — | — | 32 min | $140,379 |
| Franklin Park | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Clyde | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Middlebush | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Blackwells Mills | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Voorhees | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| East Millstone | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| North Brunswick Township | 2% | A− | A | 29 min | $120,764 |
| Pleasant Plains | under 2% | — | — | 59 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Franklin Park, Clyde, Middlebush, Blackwells Mills, Voorhees, East Millstone and Pleasant Plains: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Brunswick Township. Darker towns draw more of Six Mile Run’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 2024, 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 Six Mile Run: questions
What is the median household income in Six Mile Run?
$140,379 (±$42,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Six Mile Run?
0.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Six Mile Run?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Six Mile Run work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Franklin Township (10%, 1 mi), New Brunswick (8%, 5 mi), New York City (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Six Mile Run without a car?
8% 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 Six Mile Run, from the people who make the trip.
More of Six Mile Run
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.