Photo: Dreamyshade · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Brookside
A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes, next to 31 for New Jersey and 26 for the U.S. Only 1% work in Brookside; the top destination outside it is Morristown (6%, 5 miles). Employers in Brookside report 374 jobs; 611 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Brookside: the gist
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
80% of Brookside’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 75% of the jobs based in Brookside. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Brookside than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Brookside fell from 571 in 2013 to 374 in 2023, −35%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 611 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Brookside
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookside, 2013 → 2023: 571 → 374. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brookside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Brookside quiets down on a workday
On a workday 602 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 365 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Brookside on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
Out of Brookside to work: where people go
Where Brookside clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The trip to work from Brookside: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookside workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 728 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Brookside
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Brookside compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Brookside’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Brookside: questions
What is the median household income in Brookside?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookside?
2.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookside?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookside work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (6%, 5 mi), New York City (5%, 34 mi), Florham Park (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brookside without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brookside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookside
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.