Work & commute · Hamburg

Work & commute in Hamburg, NJ

Most working residents leave Hamburg for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sparta (4%), New York (4%) and Hardyston (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 1,788 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,714 Hamburg residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 622 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamburg.

1,714live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

622work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamburg goes to work

Hamburg (in town)right here

4%74

Sparta7.4 mi away

4%71

New York, NY47.2 mi away

4%65

Hardyston1.9 mi away

4%63

Newton11.7 mi away

3%61

Vernon5.4 mi away

3%60

Wayne22.1 mi away

3%47

Parsippany-Troy Hills21.5 mi away

3%46

Franklin3 mi away

2%43

Morristown24.9 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%1,225

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

How far

How far Hamburg commutes

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

23%

36%

32%

23%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamburg is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamburg are

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

Jobs based in Hamburg

696 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Hamburg residents hold

1,788 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+5%

Jobs based in Hamburg, 2013 → 2023: 662 → 696. 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.