Work & commute · Stillwater

Work & commute in Stillwater, NJ

Most working residents leave Stillwater for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Newton (7%), New York (4%) and Sparta (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 1,957 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,859 Stillwater residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stillwater.

1,859live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stillwater goes to work

Newton6.2 mi away

7%132

Stillwater (in town)right here

5%98

New York, NY56.3 mi away

4%87

Sparta12.6 mi away

4%73

Morristown28 mi away

3%54

Fredon4.3 mi away

3%52

Hampton4.3 mi away

2%47

Frankford9.2 mi away

2%47

Parsippany-Troy Hills27.6 mi away

2%39

Hackettstown15.4 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,298

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

How far

How far Stillwater commutes

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

25%

35%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stillwater is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stillwater are

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

Jobs based in Stillwater

387 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Stillwater residents hold

1,957 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−32%

Jobs based in Stillwater, 2013 → 2023: 573 → 387. 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.