Work & commute · Hopatcong

Work & commute in Hopatcong, NJ

Most working residents leave Hopatcong for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Parsippany-Troy Hills (5%), Roxbury (5%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

320 of 7,645 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 7,325 Hopatcong residents head out of town to work, 320 work right here, and 1,091 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hopatcong.

7,325live here, work elsewhere

320live and work here

1,091work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hopatcong goes to work

Parsippany-Troy Hills14 mi away

5%392

Roxbury4.4 mi away

5%378

New York, NY42.8 mi away

4%322

Hopatcong (in town)right here

4%320

Morristown14.4 mi away

3%261

Mount Olive7.3 mi away

3%229

Randolph8.8 mi away

3%204

Denville10.1 mi away

2%162

Rockaway8.5 mi away

2%157

Dover7.1 mi away

2%140

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%5,080

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

How far

How far Hopatcong commutes

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

29%

37%

27%

29%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hopatcong is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hopatcong are

1,411 jobs are based in Hopatcong. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hopatcong’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hopatcong

1,411 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Hopatcong residents hold

7,645 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+25%

Jobs based in Hopatcong, 2013 → 2023: 1,127 → 1,411. 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.