Most of Budd Lake commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
At 30 minutes each way, commutes from Budd Lake run about the New Jersey average. There are 705 jobs in Budd Lake, and 4,999 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Budd Lake itself; outside it, Mount Olive Township draws the most (10%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Budd Lake in brief
No single place dominates Budd Lake’s commute
The biggest draw, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, gets only 5% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Budd Lake residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Budd Lake than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Budd Lake fell from 1,452 in 2013 to 705 in 2023, −51%. 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 ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Budd Lake
70% of Budd Lake residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Budd Lake pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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.
Where Budd Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Budd Lake clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Budd Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Budd Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,452 → 705. 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 Budd Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Budd Lake, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,929 residents head out to work, 70 work right here, and 635 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Budd Lake on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Budd Lake takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Budd Lake workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,597 commuters (the 19% 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.
Miles to work from Budd Lake
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 Budd Lake compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Budd Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budd Lake | – | — | — | 30 min | $114,154 |
| Flanders | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Flanders: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Budd Lake’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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Budd Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Budd Lake?
$114,154 (±$15,593) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Budd Lake?
4.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Budd Lake?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Budd Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Olive Township (10%, 1 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (5%, 16 mi), New York City (4%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Budd Lake without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Budd Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Budd Lake
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.