Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Landing commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 41 minutes getting to work on average; New Jersey averages 31, the U.S. 26. 522 jobs are based in Landing; 2,160 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Landing itself; outside it, Roxbury Township draws the most (8%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Landing: the gist
No single place dominates Landing’s commute
The biggest draw, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, gets only 5% of working residents, and 64% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Landing residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Landing workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (37 to 37 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Landing than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Landing fell from 834 in 2013 to 522 in 2023, −37%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
The towns that employ Landing’s residents
Where Landing clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
How long Landing spends getting to work: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Landing workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,254 commuters (the 16% 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 Landing: what the 522 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Landing, 2013 → 2023: 834 → 522. 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 Landing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Landing
On a workday 2,130 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Landing on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Half of Landing commutes less than 16 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 Landing: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Landing workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landing | – | — | — | 41 min | $128,068 |
| Hopatcong | under 2% | A | B− | 37 min | $115,758 |
| Mount Arlington | under 2% | A | B+ | 37 min | $92,264 |
| Port Morris | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Port Morris: 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 Landing’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 Landing: questions
What is the median household income in Landing?
$128,068 (±$14,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Landing?
7.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Landing?
41 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Landing work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roxbury Township (8%, 2 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (5%, 13 mi), Morristown (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Landing without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Landing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Landing
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.