Crandon Lakes has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
10% of workers work from home, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%. Employers in Crandon Lakes report 28 jobs; 587 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Crandon Lakes itself; outside it, Newton draws the most (9%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Crandon Lakes
The daily commute in and out of Crandon Lakes
On a workday 585 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Crandon Lakes on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Crandon Lakes goes to work
Where Crandon Lakes clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
In Crandon Lakes, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crandon Lakes, 2014 → 2024: 35 → 28. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crandon Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Crandon Lakes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crandon Lakes workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 557 commuters (the 10% 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.
How many miles Crandon Lakes commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Crandon Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Crandon Lakes?
$94,167 (±$38,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crandon Lakes?
4.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crandon Lakes?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crandon Lakes work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newton (9%, 7 mi), Hampton Township (6%, 3 mi), Sparta Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Crandon Lakes 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 Crandon Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crandon Lakes
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.