Work & commute · Pompton Lakes

Work & commute in Pompton Lakes, NJ

Most working residents leave Pompton Lakes for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Wayne (6%) and Paterson (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

299 of 6,528 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,229 Pompton Lakes residents head out of town to work, 299 work right here, and 1,757 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pompton Lakes.

6,229live here, work elsewhere

299live and work here

1,757work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pompton Lakes goes to work

New York, NY29.7 mi away

7%448

Wayne4.5 mi away

6%397

Pompton Lakes (in town)right here

5%299

Paterson8.9 mi away

4%250

Parsippany-Troy Hills12.2 mi away

2%163

Paramus11.9 mi away

2%151

Clifton11.7 mi away

2%142

Newark20.1 mi away

2%135

Pequannock2.9 mi away

2%132

Oakland3.1 mi away

2%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%4,280

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

How far

How far Pompton Lakes commutes

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

36%

46%

13%

36%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pompton Lakes is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pompton Lakes are

2,056 jobs are based in Pompton Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pompton Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pompton Lakes

2,056 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Pompton Lakes residents hold

6,528 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+12%

Jobs based in Pompton Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 1,839 → 2,056. 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.