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Jobs & commute in Lake Telemark

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake Telemark works elsewhere

Commuters spend 37 minutes getting to work on average; the New Jersey average is 31, the U.S. 26. There are 174 jobs in Lake Telemark, against 568 working residents. Only 1% work in Lake Telemark itself; outside it, Rockaway Township draws the most (8%, 0 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

174 jobs based here
Household income
$110K
median · New Jersey $104K
Poverty
9.1%
New Jersey 9.7%
Unemployment
6.8%
New Jersey 6.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
37 min
New Jersey 31 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
6 of 568 working residents
Work from home
20%
New Jersey 17% · U.S. 15%
What stands out

What stands out about work in Lake Telemark

37 minaverage commute · NJ 31
★ What stands out · Time on the road

The trip to work from Lake Telemark: about 37 minutes

A year of commuting
282 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lake Telemark37 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
20%

of Lake Telemark workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Lake Telemark gets to work
94%Drive alone
2%Carpool
4%Transit

Share of the 605 commuters (the 20% 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.

Day and night

How many people are in Lake Telemark by day

On a workday 562 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.

562live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
168work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,500
Workday1,100
1,500live here− 560head out to work+ 170come in to work= 1,100on a workday

About 1,100 people are in Lake Telemark on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.31jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Lake Telemark: the destinations

Rockaway: 12 residents work here (2%)Dover: 12 residents work here (2%)Morristown: 23 residents work here (4%)Florham Park: 11 residents work here (2%)PatersonHopatcongNewark: 8 residents work here (1%)New York: 36 residents work here (6%)Denville Township: 22 residents work here (4%)Mount Olive TownshipWashington TownshipRockaway Township: 45 residents work here (8%)Hanover Township: 16 residents work here (3%)Parsippany-Troy Hills Township: 30 residents work here (5%)Jefferson TownshipRandolph TownshipLake TelemarkHiberniaRockaway TownshipNew YorkParsippany-Troy Hills TownshipMorristownDenville TownshipHanover TownshipLake Telemark
1
Rockaway Township0.1 mi away
8%45
2
New York City, NY35.7 mi away
6%36
3
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township7.9 mi away
5%30
4
Morristown11.3 mi away
4%23
5
Denville Township5 mi away
4%22
6
Hanover Township10.3 mi away
3%16
7
Rockaway4.5 mi away
2%12
8
Dover6 mi away
2%12
9
Florham Park13.8 mi away
2%11
10
Newark23.5 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
62%353
The top trips

Where Lake Telemark clocks in

8% of workers
0.1 mi awayRockaway Township45 Lake Telemark residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6% of workers
35.7 mi awayNew York City, NY36 Lake Telemark residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
7.9 mi awayParsippany-Troy Hills Township30 Lake Telemark residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Lake Telemark

Jobs based in Lake TelemarkJobs Lake Telemark residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms6%13%
Trade, transport & utilities6%17%
Services: health, schools, offices89%71%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%18%
Over $3,333 a month61%71%

Who does it

29 or younger7%19%
30 to 5459%47%
55 and older34%34%
−23%

Jobs based in Lake Telemark, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 174. 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 Lake Telemark’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

How far it is to work from Lake Telemark

10 mi25 mi40 miRockaway Township: 8% · 0.1 miNew York City: 6% · 35.7 miParsippany-Troy Hills Township: 5% · 7.9 miMorristown: 4% · 11.3 miDenville Township: 4% · 5 miHanover Township: 3% · 10.3 miRockaway: 2% · 4.5 miDover: 2% · 6 miFlorham Park: 2% · 13.8 miNewark: 1% · 23.5 miRockaway Township 8%New York City 6%Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 5%Morristown 4%Denville Township 4%Lake Telemark
Lake TelemarkTop destinations (size = commuters)
32%Under 10 mi182 residents
42%10–24 mi236 residents
20%25–50 mi113 residents
7%Over 50 mi37 residents

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.

Next door

Lake Telemark and the towns next door

Hibernia: few work hereHiberniaLake Telemark
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Hiberniaunder 2% of Lake Telemark

Jobs & commute next door

TownLake Telemark workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Lake Telemark–——37 min$110,042
Hiberniaunder 2%——17 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Hibernia: 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 Lake Telemark’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Lake Telemark: questions

What is the median household income in Lake Telemark?

$110,042 (±$31,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Lake Telemark?

9.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Lake Telemark?

37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Lake Telemark work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockaway Township (8%, 0 mi), New York City (6%, 36 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Lake Telemark without a car?

4% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Lake Telemark, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

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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.