Work & commute · Hardwick

Work & commute in Hardwick, NJ

Most working residents leave Hardwick for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Blairstown (7%), Hackettstown (4%) and Newton (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 692 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 676 Hardwick residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hardwick.

676live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hardwick goes to work

Blairstown4.2 mi away

7%48

Hackettstown16 mi away

4%25

Newton13.2 mi away

3%24

Morristown32.3 mi away

3%21

New York, NY61.6 mi away

3%20

Mount Olive18.3 mi away

3%20

Hardwick (in town)right here

2%16

Frelinghuysen8 mi away

2%15

Sparta19.7 mi away

2%15

Parsippany-Troy Hills32.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%474

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

How far

How far Hardwick commutes

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

19%

27%

38%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hardwick is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hardwick are

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

Jobs based in Hardwick

207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Hardwick residents hold

692 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−5%

Jobs based in Hardwick, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 207. 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.