Work & commute · East Hanover

Work & commute in East Hanover, NJ

Most working residents leave East Hanover for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New York (6%), Newark (5%) and Livingston (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

598 of 5,647 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 5,049 East Hanover residents head out of town to work, 598 work right here, and 15,498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Hanover.

5,049live here, work elsewhere

598live and work here

15,498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Hanover goes to work

East Hanover (in town)right here

11%598

New York, NY24.6 mi away

6%350

Newark11.8 mi away

5%291

Livingston2.8 mi away

4%229

Parsippany-Troy Hills4.3 mi away

4%228

Florham Park3.4 mi away

4%213

Morristown6.2 mi away

3%165

Hanover3.4 mi away

3%145

Fairfield5.4 mi away

2%111

West Orange5.5 mi away

2%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%3,209

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

How far

How far East Hanover commutes

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

50%

38%

50%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Hanover is a job hub

2.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Hanover are

16,096 jobs are based in East Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Hanover

16,096 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs East Hanover residents hold

5,647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+1%

Jobs based in East Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 15,977 → 16,096. 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.