Work & commute · Morris Plains

Work & commute in Morris Plains, NJ

Most working residents leave Morris Plains for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), Morristown (8%) and Parsippany-Troy Hills (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

171 of 3,411 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,240 Morris Plains residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 4,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morris Plains.

3,240live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

4,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morris Plains goes to work

New York, NY30.5 mi away

10%346

Morristown2.9 mi away

8%286

Parsippany-Troy Hills3 mi away

6%208

Morris Plains (in town)right here

5%171

Hanover2.7 mi away

3%108

Morris3.1 mi away

3%100

Florham Park6 mi away

3%98

East Hanover6 mi away

2%84

Newark17.6 mi away

2%83

Jersey City23.1 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,865

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

How far

How far Morris Plains commutes

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

45%

35%

16%

45%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morris Plains is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Morris Plains are

4,589 jobs are based in Morris Plains. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morris Plains’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morris Plains

4,589 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Morris Plains residents hold

3,411 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+32%

Jobs based in Morris Plains, 2013 → 2023: 3,471 → 4,589. 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.