Work & commute · Byram

Work & commute in Byram, NJ

Most working residents leave Byram for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Parsippany-Troy Hills (4%), Mount Olive (4%) and Morristown (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

182 of 4,068 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,886 Byram residents head out of town to work, 182 work right here, and 1,043 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Byram.

3,886live here, work elsewhere

182live and work here

1,043work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Byram goes to work

Byram (in town)right here

4%182

Parsippany-Troy Hills16.6 mi away

4%181

Mount Olive6.7 mi away

4%166

Morristown16.7 mi away

4%143

Sparta7.8 mi away

3%138

Roxbury5.9 mi away

3%135

New York, NY45.4 mi away

3%133

Randolph10.8 mi away

3%108

Newton6.7 mi away

2%82

Hackettstown9.4 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%2,730

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

How far

How far Byram commutes

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

30%

35%

28%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Byram is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Byram are

1,225 jobs are based in Byram. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Byram’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Byram

1,225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Byram residents hold

4,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+2%

Jobs based in Byram, 2013 → 2023: 1,199 → 1,225. 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.