Work & commute · Hardyston

Work & commute in Hardyston, NJ

Most working residents leave Hardyston for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (4%), Sparta (4%) and Franklin (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

208 of 4,002 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,794 Hardyston residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 1,419 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hardyston.

3,794live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

1,419work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hardyston goes to work

Hardyston (in town)right here

5%208

New York, NY45.5 mi away

4%166

Sparta6.1 mi away

4%155

Franklin1.9 mi away

3%137

Parsippany-Troy Hills19.6 mi away

3%120

Newton11.3 mi away

3%117

Vernon6.2 mi away

3%115

Wayne20.5 mi away

3%108

Morristown23.1 mi away

2%97

Jefferson8.4 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%2,709

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

How far

How far Hardyston commutes

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

24%

33%

10%

24%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hardyston is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hardyston are

1,627 jobs are based in Hardyston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hardyston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hardyston

1,627 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hardyston residents hold

4,002 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−12%

Jobs based in Hardyston, 2013 → 2023: 1,854 → 1,627. 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.