99% of Lake Telemark’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Lake Telemark for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rockaway Township (8%), New York (6%) and Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
The short version on getting to work from Lake Telemark
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Telemark workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Lake Telemark quiets down on a workday
On a workday 562 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Lake Telemark on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Rockaway Township
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Lake Telemark clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Lake Telemark commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
174 jobs are based in Lake Telemark. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Telemark’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Telemark, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 174. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Lake Telemark and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Lake Telemark’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Lake Telemark
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Telemark, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.