Johnsonburg has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
At home: 8% of workers have no commute at all (New Jersey 17%). 75 jobs are based in Johnsonburg, and 171 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Johnsonburg itself; outside it, Frelinghuysen Township draws the most (6%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Johnsonburg: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 170 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Johnsonburg on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where Johnsonburg goes to work
Where Johnsonburg clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
52% of the jobs in Johnsonburg make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Johnsonburg, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 75. 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 Johnsonburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way for Johnsonburg’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Johnsonburg workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 8% 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.
The distance from Johnsonburg to work
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 Johnsonburg: questions
What is the median household income in Johnsonburg?
$103,056 (±$14,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Johnsonburg?
0.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Johnsonburg?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Johnsonburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frelinghuysen Township (6%, 1 mi), Blairstown Township (5%, 6 mi), Morris Township (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Johnsonburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Johnsonburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Johnsonburg
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.