Work & commute · North Hanover

Work & commute in North Hanover, NJ

Most working residents leave North Hanover for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (6%), Trenton (4%) and Philadelphia (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

153 of 2,792 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,639 North Hanover residents head out of town to work, 153 work right here, and 864 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Hanover.

2,639live here, work elsewhere

153live and work here

864work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Hanover goes to work

Hamilton9.3 mi away

6%173

North Hanover (in town)right here

5%153

Trenton13.2 mi away

4%125

Philadelphia, PA29.5 mi away

4%115

New Hanover5.3 mi away

2%66

Plumsted6.1 mi away

2%56

New York, NY52.2 mi away

2%51

Wrightstown5.1 mi away

2%48

Bordentown6.5 mi away

2%47

Lawrence15.9 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,911

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

How far

How far North Hanover commutes

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

22%

39%

25%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Hanover is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Hanover are

1,017 jobs are based in North Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Hanover

1,017 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs North Hanover residents hold

2,792 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+13%

Jobs based in North Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 904 → 1,017. 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.