Work & commute · Morristown

Work & commute in Morristown, NJ

Most working residents leave Morristown for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), Parsippany-Troy Hills (5%) and Hanover (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,369 of 10,095 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,726 Morristown residents head out of town to work, 1,369 work right here, and 31,317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morristown.

8,726live here, work elsewhere

1,369live and work here

31,317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morristown goes to work

Morristown (in town)right here

14%1,369

New York, NY29.7 mi away

10%1,032

Parsippany-Troy Hills5.2 mi away

5%482

Hanover3 mi away

3%305

Florham Park4.6 mi away

3%295

Morris0.9 mi away

3%277

Newark16.7 mi away

2%239

Summit8.1 mi away

2%212

East Hanover6.2 mi away

2%192

Jersey City22.4 mi away

2%187

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%5,505

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

How far

How far Morristown commutes

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

46%

32%

17%

46%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morristown is a job hub

3.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Morristown are

32,686 jobs are based in Morristown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morristown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morristown

32,686 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Morristown residents hold

10,095 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+80%

Jobs based in Morristown, 2013 → 2023: 18,118 → 32,686. 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.