Work & commute · Harding

Work & commute in Harding, NJ

Most working residents leave Harding for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Morristown (5%) and Jersey City (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 1,525 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,467 Harding residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 1,512 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harding.

1,467live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

1,512work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harding goes to work

New York, NY29.7 mi away

13%196

Morristown4 mi away

5%79

Harding (in town)right here

4%58

Jersey City22.7 mi away

3%42

Newark17 mi away

3%39

Parsippany-Troy Hills9.1 mi away

3%39

Summit7.1 mi away

2%38

Madison4.3 mi away

2%32

Hanover6.5 mi away

2%32

Bernards5.7 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%939

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

How far

How far Harding commutes

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

36%

34%

25%

36%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harding is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harding are

1,570 jobs are based in Harding. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harding’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harding

1,570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Harding residents hold

1,525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month77%

−15%

Jobs based in Harding, 2013 → 2023: 1,838 → 1,570. 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.