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Work & commute in Landing · A commuter town

99% of Landing’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Landing for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Roxbury (8%), Parsippany-Troy Hills (5%) and Morristown (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Work in town
1%
30 of 2,160 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
41 min
More than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
17%
Less than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
522
A commuter town
Work out of state
17%
mostly New York

What kind of work town is Landing?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

8% of working residents work in Roxbury

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

NetcongMount ArlingtonDover: 50 residents work here (2%)Morristown: 101 residents work here (5%)NewtonHopatcongNewark: 40 residents work here (2%)New York: 100 residents work here (5%)Denville: 45 residents work here (2%)Mount Olive: 50 residents work here (2%)Roxbury: 167 residents work here (8%)SpartaHanover: 58 residents work here (3%)Parsippany-Troy Hills: 105 residents work here (5%)JeffersonRandolph: 58 residents work here (3%)ByramPort MorrisLandingRoxburyParsippany-Troy HillsMorristownNew YorkHanoverRandolphLanding
1
Roxbury1.7 mi away
8%167
25%105
3
Morristown12.6 mi away
5%101
4
New York, NY41.6 mi away
5%100
5
Hanover13.8 mi away
3%58
6
Randolph6.6 mi away
3%58
7
Dover5.7 mi away
2%50
8
Mount Olive5.2 mi away
2%50
9
Denville9.3 mi away
2%45
10
Newark28.8 mi away
2%40
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%1,386
The top trips

Where Landing clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 41 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
313 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Landing41 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
17%

of Landing workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Landing quiets down on a workday

On a workday 2,130 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere.

2,130live here, work elsewhere
30live and work here
492work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night4,700
Workday3,100
4,700live here− 2,100head out to work+ 490come in to work= 3,100on a workday

About 3,100 people are in Landing on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.24jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.24 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.

How far

Half of Landing commutes less than 16 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 miRoxbury: 8% · 1.7 miParsippany-Troy Hills: 5% · 13.1 miMorristown: 5% · 12.6 miNew York: 5% · 41.6 miHanover: 3% · 13.8 miRandolph: 3% · 6.6 miDover: 2% · 5.7 miMount Olive: 2% · 5.2 miDenville: 2% · 9.3 miNewark: 2% · 28.8 miRoxbury 8%Morristown 5%Hanover 3%Landing
LandingTop destinations (size = commuters)
28%Under 10 mi611 residents
39%10–24 mi849 residents
26%25–50 mi558 residents
7%Over 50 mi142 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 522 jobs in Landing are

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

Jobs based in LandingJobs Landing residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms25%11%
Trade, transport & utilities19%19%
Services: health, schools, offices56%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%19%
Over $3,333 a month53%70%

Who does it

29 or younger24%19%
30 to 5450%52%
55 and older26%29%
−37%

Jobs based in Landing, 2013 → 2023: 834 → 522. 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.

Next door

Landing and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Roxbury (8%). Darker towns draw more of Landing’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.
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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.

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