Work & commute · Dover

Work & commute in Dover, NJ

Most working residents leave Dover for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (5%), Rockaway (4%) and Randolph (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

748 of 8,242 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,494 Dover residents head out of town to work, 748 work right here, and 6,022 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dover.

7,494live here, work elsewhere

748live and work here

6,022work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dover goes to work

Dover (in town)right here

9%748

New York, NY35.9 mi away

5%452

Rockaway6 mi away

4%338

Randolph3.2 mi away

4%330

Parsippany-Troy Hills7.3 mi away

4%322

Morristown7.5 mi away

4%307

Denville3.7 mi away

3%254

Newark23.1 mi away

2%186

Hanover8.2 mi away

2%175

Wharton1.1 mi away

2%160

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%4,970

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

How far

How far Dover commutes

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

43%

28%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dover is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dover are

6,770 jobs are based in Dover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dover

6,770 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Dover residents hold

8,242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+22%

Jobs based in Dover, 2013 → 2023: 5,568 → 6,770. 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.