Work & commute · Wharton

Work & commute in Wharton, NJ

Most working residents leave Wharton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (5%), Dover (5%) and Parsippany-Troy Hills (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

222 of 3,736 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 3,514 Wharton residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 2,017 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wharton.

3,514live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

2,017work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wharton goes to work

Wharton (in town)right here

6%222

New York, NY37 mi away

5%190

Dover1.1 mi away

5%187

Parsippany-Troy Hills8.3 mi away

5%184

Morristown8.6 mi away

5%175

Randolph3.8 mi away

3%128

Denville4.5 mi away

3%123

Rockaway5.8 mi away

3%121

Jefferson7.6 mi away

2%81

Roxbury4 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,255

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

How far

How far Wharton commutes

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

42%

31%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wharton is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wharton are

2,239 jobs are based in Wharton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wharton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wharton

2,239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wharton residents hold

3,736 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−14%

Jobs based in Wharton, 2013 → 2023: 2,607 → 2,239. 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.