Work & commute · Wantage

Work & commute in Wantage, NJ

Most working residents leave Wantage for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Sparta (4%), Newton (4%) and New York (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

529 of 5,619 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 5,090 Wantage residents head out of town to work, 529 work right here, and 1,400 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wantage.

5,090live here, work elsewhere

529live and work here

1,400work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wantage goes to work

Wantage (in town)right here

9%529

Sparta13.9 mi away

4%232

Newton15.2 mi away

4%211

New York, NY54.5 mi away

3%188

Vernon8.5 mi away

3%149

Hardyston9.7 mi away

3%142

Parsippany-Troy Hills29.3 mi away

2%117

Morristown32.5 mi away

2%104

Frankford8.2 mi away

2%104

Franklin10.2 mi away

2%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%3,743

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

How far

How far Wantage commutes

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

23%

26%

37%

14%

23%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wantage is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wantage are

1,929 jobs are based in Wantage. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wantage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wantage

1,929 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Wantage residents hold

5,619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+11%

Jobs based in Wantage, 2013 → 2023: 1,737 → 1,929. 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.