Work & commute · Frankford

Work & commute in Frankford, NJ

Most working residents leave Frankford for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Sparta (5%), Newton (4%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

203 of 2,565 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,362 Frankford residents head out of town to work, 203 work right here, and 1,218 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankford.

2,362live here, work elsewhere

203live and work here

1,218work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankford goes to work

Frankford (in town)right here

8%203

Sparta9.6 mi away

5%129

Newton7.8 mi away

4%112

New York, NY54.2 mi away

4%91

Branchville1.3 mi away

3%76

Hampton5.7 mi away

3%66

Wantage8.2 mi away

2%59

Morristown28.8 mi away

2%58

Parsippany-Troy Hills26.7 mi away

2%58

Fredon10.5 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%1,668

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

How far

How far Frankford commutes

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

29%

19%

37%

14%

29%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankford is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankford are

1,421 jobs are based in Frankford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frankford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frankford

1,421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Frankford residents hold

2,565 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+4%

Jobs based in Frankford, 2013 → 2023: 1,371 → 1,421. 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.