Work & commute · Roxbury

Work & commute in Roxbury, NJ

Most working residents leave Roxbury for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Morristown (5%), Parsippany-Troy Hills (5%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

954 of 11,573 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,619 Roxbury residents head out of town to work, 954 work right here, and 7,010 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roxbury.

10,619live here, work elsewhere

954live and work here

7,010work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roxbury goes to work

Roxbury (in town)right here

8%954

Morristown11.1 mi away

5%628

Parsippany-Troy Hills12.1 mi away

5%574

New York, NY40.4 mi away

4%517

Randolph5 mi away

3%371

Mount Olive5 mi away

3%367

Hanover12.6 mi away

2%246

Florham Park15.5 mi away

2%228

Denville8.5 mi away

2%222

Dover4.8 mi away

2%214

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%7,252

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

How far

How far Roxbury commutes

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

30%

40%

24%

30%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roxbury is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roxbury are

7,964 jobs are based in Roxbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roxbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roxbury

7,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Roxbury residents hold

11,573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+5%

Jobs based in Roxbury, 2013 → 2023: 7,554 → 7,964. 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.