Cookstown at work: jobs, income and the commute
6% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. Only 1% work in Cookstown itself; outside it, Hamilton Township draws the most (4%, 13 miles). The average commute takes 33 minutes each way, where New Jersey has 31 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 274 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Cookstown goes to work
Where Cookstown clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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.
Goods, not services: 47% of the jobs in Cookstown
267 jobs are based in Cookstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cookstown, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 267. 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 Cookstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Cookstown: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cookstown workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 338 commuters (the 6% 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.
Cookstown’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Cookstown and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cookstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown | – | — | — | 33 min | $107,083 |
| North Hanover Township | 4% | B | B | 24 min | $86,683 |
| McGuire AFB | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McGuire AFB: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Hanover Township. Darker towns draw more of Cookstown’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 Cookstown: questions
What is the median household income in Cookstown?
$107,083 (±$24,291) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cookstown?
2.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cookstown?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cookstown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton Township (4%, 13 mi), New Hanover Township (4%, 2 mi), North Hanover Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cookstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cookstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cookstown
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.