Work & commute · Boonton

Work & commute in Boonton, NJ

Most working residents leave Boonton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Parsippany-Troy Hills (7%), New York (6%) and Morristown (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 2,107 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,028 Boonton residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 952 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boonton.

2,028live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

952work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boonton goes to work

Parsippany-Troy Hills4.9 mi away

7%149

New York, NY31.5 mi away

6%132

Boonton (in town)right here

4%79

Morristown9.7 mi away

3%73

Boonton2.1 mi away

3%70

Mountain Lakes3.2 mi away

3%69

Denville4.4 mi away

3%63

Newark19.5 mi away

3%61

Montville3.7 mi away

2%45

East Hanover8.5 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,331

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Boonton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

39%

16%

38%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boonton is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Boonton are

1,031 jobs are based in Boonton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boonton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boonton

1,031 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Boonton residents hold

2,107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+33%

Jobs based in Boonton, 2013 → 2023: 773 → 1,031. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.