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 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Twin Rivers works elsewhere
1,379 jobs are based in Twin Rivers, against 3,657 working residents. Only 2% stay in Twin Rivers for work; outside it, East Windsor Township is the main destination (7%, 2 miles). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average, next to 31 for New Jersey and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Twin Rivers and work: the main findings
No single place dominates Twin Rivers’ commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 6% of working residents, and 56% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Twin Rivers residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Twin Rivers makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Twin Rivers are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Twin Rivers residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 10%. The jobs ↓
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.
Commuting out of Twin Rivers: the destinations
Where Twin Rivers clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 45% of work in Twin Rivers
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Rivers, 2013 → 2023: 1,143 → 1,379. 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 Twin Rivers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Twin Rivers
On a workday 3,573 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 1,295 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Twin Rivers on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
About 28 minutes each way for Twin Rivers’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Rivers workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,943 commuters (the 19% 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.
Half of Twin Rivers commutes less than 14 miles
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.
Next door to Twin Rivers
The biggest share goes to Cranbury Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Twin Rivers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Rivers | – | — | — | 28 min | $100,833 |
| Monroe Township | 4% | A− | A− | 40 min | $107,892 |
| Cranbury Township | 5% | A | A− | 33 min | $216,691 |
| Renaissance at Monroe | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Renaissance at Monroe: 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 Twin Rivers’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 Twin Rivers: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Rivers?
$100,833 (±$18,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Rivers?
3.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Rivers?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Rivers work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Windsor Township (7%, 2 mi), New York City (6%, 40 mi), South Brunswick Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Twin Rivers without a car?
1% 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 Twin Rivers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Rivers
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.