Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Flanders earns its living
A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. Only 3% stay in Flanders for work; outside it, Mount Olive Township is the main destination (10%, 2 miles). Flanders has 3,300 jobs, and 5,000 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Flanders, in a few figures
No single place dominates Flanders’ commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 5% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Flanders residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Flanders than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Flanders fell from 4,997 in 2013 to 3,300 in 2023, −34%. 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.
Where the trip to work from Flanders ends
Where Flanders clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
67% of the jobs in Flanders pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flanders, 2013 → 2023: 4,997 → 3,300. 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 Flanders’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Flanders quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4,828 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 3,128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Flanders on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
Time on the road from Flanders: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flanders workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,153 commuters (the 21% 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 far Flanders’ workers travel
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.
Work in the towns next to Flanders
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flanders workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | – | — | — | 31 min | $147,367 |
| Roxbury Township | 3% | A− | B+ | 33 min | $134,519 |
| Succasunna | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Budd Lake | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Ledgewood | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Succasunna, Budd Lake and Ledgewood: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Roxbury Township. Darker towns draw more of Flanders’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 Flanders: questions
What is the median household income in Flanders?
$147,367 (±$12,310) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flanders?
3.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flanders?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flanders work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Olive Township (10%, 2 mi), New York City (5%, 42 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flanders without a car?
2% 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 Flanders, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flanders
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.