Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Long Valley, NJ
Only 3% stay in Long Valley for work; outside it, Washington Township is the main destination (7%, 1 miles). The average commute takes 43 minutes each way, where New Jersey has 31 and the U.S. 26. Long Valley has 908 jobs; 880 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Long Valley stands out on work
Long Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Long Valley workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Long Valley’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; with 880 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 43 minutes each way for Long Valley’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Long Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 605 commuters (the 23% 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.
What Long Valley’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Long Valley, 2013 → 2023: 863 → 908. 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 Long Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Long Valley, and who commutes in
On a workday 856 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 884 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).
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 Long Valley goes to work
Where Long Valley clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
How far Long Valley’s workers travel
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 Long Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Long Valley?
$133,229 (±$24,903) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Long Valley?
1.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Long Valley?
43 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Long Valley work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Township (7%, 1 mi), New York City (6%, 45 mi), Morristown (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Long Valley 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 Long Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Long Valley
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.