Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Lyons
The average commute takes 34 minutes each way, where New Jersey has 31 and the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey. Only 2% work in Lyons itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (8%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lyons: the gist
Lyons trades workers with the towns around it
Lyons has about as many jobs (2,797) as working residents (2,359), but they are mostly different people: 2,305 residents leave for work each day while 2,743 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Lyons are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Lyons is services
96% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Lyons’ commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 8% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Lyons residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Lyons
30% of Lyons workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
78% of Lyons’ 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, and so do 82% of the jobs based in Lyons. 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.
How a workday changes Lyons
On a workday 2,305 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 2,743 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 (1.19 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.
Most jobs in Lyons are in services
2,797 jobs are based in Lyons.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyons, 2013 → 2023: 2,827 → 2,797. 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 Lyons’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Lyons’ residents
Where Lyons clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
About 34 minutes to work from Lyons
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyons workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,516 commuters (the 30% 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.
Half of Lyons commutes less than 14 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.
How Lyons compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyons workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons | – | — | — | 34 min | $250,000+ |
| Millington | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Long Hill Township | under 2% | A− | A− | 27 min | $169,079 |
| Liberty Corner | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Basking Ridge | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Millington, Liberty Corner and Basking Ridge: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lyons’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lyons: questions
What is the median household income in Lyons?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyons?
1.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyons?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyons work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (8%, 32 mi), Bernards Township (8%, 1 mi), Bridgewater Township (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lyons without a car?
15% 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 Lyons, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyons
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.