Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Lamington has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 8% of workers; New Jersey has 17%. Employers in Lamington report 12 jobs, and 61 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Lamington for work; outside it, Bernards Township is the main destination (11%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Lamington, and who commutes in
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Lamington on a workday afternoon, 14% 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 Lamington goes to work
Where Lamington clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Lamington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lamington, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 12. 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 Lamington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 41 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lamington workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 75 commuters (the 9% 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 it is to work from Lamington
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.
Lamington and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lamington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamington | – | — | — | 41 min | $154,511 |
| Tewksbury Township | under 4% | A+ | B | 41 min | $192,576 |
| Oldwick | under 4% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oldwick: 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 Lamington’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 Lamington: questions
What is the median household income in Lamington?
$154,511 (±$98,790) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lamington?
6.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lamington?
41 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 Lamington work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bernards Township (11%, 7 mi), Morristown (7%, 15 mi), Bedminster Township (7%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lamington 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 Lamington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lamington
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.