Most of Hewitt commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Hewitt; the top destination outside it is West Milford Township (10%, 6 miles). Hewitt has 303 jobs for 995 working residents. For 42% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Hewitt
A lot of Hewitt works from home
42% of Hewitt workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Hewitt
73% of Hewitt residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Hewitt pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Hewitt workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 995 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The trip to work from Hewitt: about 45 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hewitt workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 549 commuters (the 42% 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.
Jobs in Hewitt: what the 303 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hewitt, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 303. 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 Hewitt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Hewitt
On a workday 974 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Hewitt on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The towns that employ Hewitt’s residents
Where Hewitt clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Where in the region Hewitt works
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.
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 Hewitt: questions
What is the median household income in Hewitt?
$189,188 (±$87,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hewitt?
1.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hewitt?
45 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 42% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hewitt work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Milford Township (10%, 6 mi), New York City (7%, 41 mi), Mahwah Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hewitt without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hewitt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hewitt
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.