Work & commute · Vernon

Work & commute in Vernon, NJ

Most working residents leave Vernon for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New York (4%), Hardyston (3%) and Sparta (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,207 of 10,720 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 9,513 Vernon residents head out of town to work, 1,207 work right here, and 1,685 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon.

9,513live here, work elsewhere

1,207live and work here

1,685work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon goes to work

Vernon (in town)right here

11%1,207

New York, NY46.7 mi away

4%419

Hardyston6.2 mi away

3%268

Sparta12.3 mi away

2%252

Warwick, NY8 mi away

2%248

Parsippany-Troy Hills23.5 mi away

2%239

Wayne21.4 mi away

2%238

West Milford8 mi away

2%203

Morristown27.6 mi away

2%196

Newton17 mi away

2%196

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%7,254

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

How far

How far Vernon commutes

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

21%

34%

35%

10%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon 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 Vernon are

2,892 jobs are based in Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vernon

2,892 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Vernon residents hold

10,720 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−11%

Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 3,267 → 2,892. 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.