Work & commute · Stanhope

Work & commute in Stanhope, NJ

Most working residents leave Stanhope for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Olive (5%), Parsippany-Troy Hills (4%) and Morristown (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 1,835 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,769 Stanhope residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 437 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanhope.

1,769live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

437work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanhope goes to work

Mount Olive3.9 mi away

5%93

Parsippany-Troy Hills15.1 mi away

4%76

Morristown14.3 mi away

4%73

New York, NY43.6 mi away

4%71

Roxbury3.2 mi away

4%70

Stanhope (in town)right here

4%66

Randolph8.2 mi away

3%59

Sparta10.4 mi away

2%38

Rockaway11.1 mi away

2%36

Hanover15.8 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,218

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

How far

How far Stanhope commutes

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

33%

34%

27%

33%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanhope is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanhope are

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

Jobs based in Stanhope

503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Stanhope residents hold

1,835 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−58%

Jobs based in Stanhope, 2013 → 2023: 1,185 → 503. 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.