Work & commute · Frelinghuysen

Work & commute in Frelinghuysen, NJ

Most working residents leave Frelinghuysen for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Blairstown (6%), Hackettstown (4%) and Newton (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 999 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 948 Frelinghuysen residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frelinghuysen.

948live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frelinghuysen goes to work

Blairstown5.5 mi away

6%60

Frelinghuysen (in town)right here

5%51

Hackettstown8.2 mi away

4%38

Newton9.8 mi away

3%33

Morristown24.6 mi away

3%28

Hardwick8 mi away

3%25

Sparta15.3 mi away

3%25

New York, NY54.1 mi away

2%22

Parsippany-Troy Hills25.6 mi away

2%22

Roxbury13.6 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%676

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

How far

How far Frelinghuysen commutes

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

25%

28%

35%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frelinghuysen is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frelinghuysen are

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

Jobs based in Frelinghuysen

405 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Frelinghuysen residents hold

999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+17%

Jobs based in Frelinghuysen, 2013 → 2023: 346 → 405. 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.