Work & commute · Denville

Work & commute in Denville, NJ

Most working residents leave Denville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Parsippany-Troy Hills (7%), New York (5%) and Morristown (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

665 of 8,534 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,869 Denville residents head out of town to work, 665 work right here, and 8,124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denville.

7,869live here, work elsewhere

665live and work here

8,124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denville goes to work

Denville (in town)right here

8%665

Parsippany-Troy Hills3.9 mi away

7%586

New York, NY32.7 mi away

5%441

Morristown6.4 mi away

4%355

Hanover5.7 mi away

2%199

Newark20 mi away

2%174

Florham Park9.2 mi away

2%171

Rockaway4.9 mi away

2%158

East Hanover8.2 mi away

2%142

Fairfield9.6 mi away

2%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%5,501

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

How far

How far Denville commutes

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

40%

38%

16%

40%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Denville are

8,789 jobs are based in Denville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Denville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Denville

8,789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Denville residents hold

8,534 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+1%

Jobs based in Denville, 2013 → 2023: 8,708 → 8,789. 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.