Work & commute · Sparta

Work & commute in Sparta, NJ

Most working residents leave Sparta for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (4%), Parsippany-Troy Hills (4%) and Morristown (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,108 of 8,778 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,670 Sparta residents head out of town to work, 1,108 work right here, and 4,915 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sparta.

7,670live here, work elsewhere

1,108live and work here

4,915work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sparta goes to work

Sparta (in town)right here

13%1,108

New York, NY45 mi away

4%380

Parsippany-Troy Hills17.1 mi away

4%373

Morristown19.3 mi away

3%253

Newton6.5 mi away

2%199

Jefferson5.7 mi away

2%165

Wayne21.3 mi away

2%149

Newark32.9 mi away

1%127

Denville13.5 mi away

1%119

Florham Park22.7 mi away

1%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%5,793

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

How far

How far Sparta commutes

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

24%

36%

31%

24%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sparta 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 Sparta are

6,023 jobs are based in Sparta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sparta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sparta

6,023 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Sparta residents hold

8,778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+13%

Jobs based in Sparta, 2013 → 2023: 5,313 → 6,023. 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.