Work & commute · Rockaway

Work & commute in Rockaway, NJ

Most working residents leave Rockaway for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Parsippany-Troy Hills (6%), New York (5%) and Denville (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

829 of 12,996 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,167 Rockaway residents head out of town to work, 829 work right here, and 7,285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockaway.

12,167live here, work elsewhere

829live and work here

7,285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockaway goes to work

Rockaway (in town)right here

6%829

Parsippany-Troy Hills7.9 mi away

6%805

New York, NY35.7 mi away

5%630

Denville4.9 mi away

4%515

Morristown11.3 mi away

4%512

Dover6 mi away

3%341

Hanover10.3 mi away

2%282

Rockaway4.5 mi away

2%263

Florham Park13.8 mi away

2%257

Randolph9.1 mi away

2%240

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%8,322

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

How far

How far Rockaway commutes

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

36%

40%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockaway is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockaway are

8,114 jobs are based in Rockaway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockaway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockaway

8,114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Rockaway residents hold

12,996 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−18%

Jobs based in Rockaway, 2013 → 2023: 9,939 → 8,114. 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.