Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, NJ

Most working residents leave Hanover for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (11%), Parsippany-Troy Hills (7%) and Morristown (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

697 of 7,891 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,194 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 697 work right here, and 19,322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

7,194live here, work elsewhere

697live and work here

19,322work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

New York, NY27.8 mi away

11%836

Hanover (in town)right here

9%697

Parsippany-Troy Hills2.8 mi away

7%518

Morristown3 mi away

5%432

East Hanover3.4 mi away

4%290

Florham Park3.5 mi away

3%249

Newark14.9 mi away

3%228

Livingston5.7 mi away

3%224

Morris3.8 mi away

2%182

Jersey City20.4 mi away

2%141

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%4,094

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

How far

How far Hanover commutes

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

49%

30%

16%

49%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is a job hub

2.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

20,019 jobs are based in Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hanover

20,019 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

7,891 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+31%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 15,284 → 20,019. 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.