Most of Watsessing commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
27% of workers work from home (New Jersey 17%). Employers in Watsessing report 1,638 jobs, against 4,065 working residents. Hardly any stay in Watsessing for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (17%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Watsessing apart on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
58% of the jobs in Watsessing are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Watsessing
27% of Watsessing workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Watsessing
69% of Watsessing residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Watsessing pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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.
The kinds of work in Watsessing
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Watsessing, 2013 → 2023: 1,329 → 1,638. 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 Watsessing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes to work from Watsessing
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Watsessing workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,931 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Watsessing
On a workday 4,032 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 1,605 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Watsessing on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The towns that employ Watsessing’s residents
Where Watsessing clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
Half of Watsessing commutes less than 10 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.
Watsessing and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Watsessing workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watsessing | – | — | — | 34 min | $103,378 |
| Glen Ridge | under 2% | A | A+ | 36 min | $250,000+ |
| Ampere North | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ampere North: 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 Watsessing’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 Watsessing: questions
What is the median household income in Watsessing?
$103,378 (±$15,211) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Watsessing?
7.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Watsessing?
34 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 Watsessing work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (17%, 16 mi), Newark (9%, 5 mi), Bloomfield Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Watsessing without a car?
17% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Watsessing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Watsessing
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.