Work & commute · Netcong

Work & commute in Netcong, NJ

Most working residents leave Netcong for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (5%), Roxbury (5%) and Mount Olive (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 1,865 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,794 Netcong residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 1,005 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Netcong.

1,794live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

1,005work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Netcong goes to work

New York, NY43.1 mi away

5%94

Roxbury2.7 mi away

5%94

Mount Olive3.2 mi away

5%92

Netcong (in town)right here

4%71

Morristown13.7 mi away

4%70

Parsippany-Troy Hills14.8 mi away

3%51

Denville11.1 mi away

3%50

Hanover15.3 mi away

2%39

Randolph7.5 mi away

2%39

Newark30.2 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,229

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

How far

How far Netcong commutes

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

31%

34%

31%

31%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Netcong is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Netcong are

1,076 jobs are based in Netcong. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Netcong’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Netcong

1,076 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Netcong residents hold

1,865 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−28%

Jobs based in Netcong, 2013 → 2023: 1,496 → 1,076. 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.