Work & commute · Hackettstown

Work & commute in Hackettstown, NJ

Most working residents leave Hackettstown for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Olive (5%), Washington (4%) and New York (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

478 of 4,707 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 4,229 Hackettstown residents head out of town to work, 478 work right here, and 4,544 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hackettstown.

4,229live here, work elsewhere

478live and work here

4,544work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hackettstown goes to work

Hackettstown (in town)right here

10%478

Mount Olive4.4 mi away

5%221

Washington5 mi away

4%201

New York, NY48.2 mi away

3%142

Morristown18.6 mi away

3%138

Parsippany-Troy Hills21 mi away

2%117

Roxbury9.4 mi away

2%106

Mansfield5.4 mi away

2%91

Newark35.3 mi away

2%86

Trenton43.6 mi away

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%3,053

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

How far

How far Hackettstown commutes

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

29%

30%

33%

29%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hackettstown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hackettstown are

5,022 jobs are based in Hackettstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hackettstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hackettstown

5,022 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Hackettstown residents hold

4,707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−9%

Jobs based in Hackettstown, 2013 → 2023: 5,521 → 5,022. 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.