Jobs and earnings in Great Meadows, and the trip to work
Hardly any work in Great Meadows itself; outside it, Hackettstown draws the most (9%, 4 miles). 25% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. 217 jobs are based in Great Meadows for 129 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Great Meadows
On a workday 129 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Great Meadows on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The towns that send workers to Great Meadows
Where Great Meadows clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Great Meadows
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Great Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 217. 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 Great Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Great Meadows
of Great Meadows workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 214 commuters (the 25% 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.
Half of Great Meadows commutes less than 22 miles
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.
Around Great Meadows: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Great Meadows workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Meadows | – | — | — | — | — |
| Vienna | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Vienna: 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 Great Meadows’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 Great Meadows: questions
What is the poverty rate in Great Meadows?
0.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Great Meadows work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hackettstown (9%, 4 mi), Mount Olive Township (6%, 8 mi), Washington Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Great Meadows without a car?
0% 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 Great Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Great Meadows
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.