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Work & commute in Succasunna · A commuter town

94% of Succasunna’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Succasunna for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Roxbury (8%), Morristown (5%) and Parsippany-Troy Hills (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
6%
290 of 5,246 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
30 min
Less than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
18%
More than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
2,998
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Succasunna?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

8% of working residents work in Roxbury

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Mount ArlingtonMorristown: 285 residents work here (5%)HackettstownFlorham Park: 109 residents work here (2%)HopatcongNewark: 94 residents work here (2%)New York: 210 residents work here (4%)ChesterMount Olive: 194 residents work here (4%)Roxbury: 436 residents work here (8%)WashingtonRockawayMine HillMorris: 104 residents work here (2%)Hanover: 106 residents work here (2%)Parsippany-Troy Hills: 279 residents work here (5%)JeffersonRandolph: 181 residents work here (3%)ByramKenvilLedgewoodSuccasunnaFlandersRoxburyMorristownParsippany-Troy HillsNew YorkMount OliveRandolphSuccasunna
1
Roxbury2.4 mi away
8%436
2
Morristown10.2 mi away
5%285
35%279
4
New York, NY39.9 mi away
4%210
5
Mount Olive4.5 mi away
4%194
6
Randolph4.2 mi away
3%181
7
Florham Park14.8 mi away
2%109
8
Hanover12.2 mi away
2%106
9
Morris9.5 mi away
2%104
10
Newark26.9 mi away
2%94
Everywhere elseother towns and states
62%3,248
The top trips

Where Succasunna clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Succasunna quiets down on a workday

On a workday 4,956 residents head out to work, 290 work right here, and 2,708 people come in from elsewhere.

4,956live here, work elsewhere
290live and work here
2,708work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night9,800
Workday7,600
9,800live here− 5,000head out to work+ 2,700come in to work= 7,600on a workday

About 7,600 people are in Succasunna on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.57jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Succasunna commutes less than 15 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi45 miRoxbury: 8% · 2.4 miMorristown: 5% · 10.2 miParsippany-Troy Hills: 5% · 12.2 miNew York: 4% · 39.9 miMount Olive: 4% · 4.5 miRandolph: 3% · 4.2 miFlorham Park: 2% · 14.8 miHanover: 2% · 12.2 miMorris: 2% · 9.5 miNewark: 2% · 26.9 miRoxbury 8%Morristown 5%Parsippany-Troy Hills 5%New York 4%Mount Olive 4%Succasunna
SuccasunnaTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi1,590 residents
41%10–24 mi2,152 residents
23%25–50 mi1,210 residents
6%Over 50 mi291 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 2,998 jobs in Succasunna are

2,998 jobs are based in Succasunna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Succasunna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in SuccasunnaJobs Succasunna residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms11%11%
Trade, transport & utilities23%17%
Services: health, schools, offices66%71%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%16%
Over $3,333 a month55%74%

Who does it

29 or younger22%19%
30 to 5445%51%
55 and older33%30%
−16%

Jobs based in Succasunna, 2013 → 2023: 3,582 → 2,998. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 30 minutes each way, about the NJ average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
228 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Succasunna30 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
18%

of Succasunna workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Next door

15% of Succasunna works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Roxbury (8%). Darker towns draw more of Succasunna’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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