Photo: Jared Kofsky · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 3.2 jobs in Morristown for every working resident, and 31,317 people commute in
Morristown grades A− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. There are 32,686 jobs in Morristown, against 10,095 working residents. Measured by household income, Morristown is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Morristown, in a few figures
Morristown fills up on a workday
Morristown has 32,686 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 43,000 people are in town, more than double the 21,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Morristown draws workers from far and wide
The 32,686 jobs in Morristown are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 19%; the other 77% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Morristown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Morristown went from 18,118 in 2013 to 32,686 in 2023, +80%. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Morristown is services
94% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Morristown pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Morristown pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Morristown
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Morristown is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #236 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Morristown’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morristown could be anywhere from B to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Morristown
On a workday 8,726 residents head out to work and 1,369 work right here.
About 43,000 people are in Morristown on a workday afternoon, 109% more than live here.
3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Morristown: where workers come from
Where Morristown clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Morristown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morristown, 2013 → 2023: 18,118 → 32,686. 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 Morristown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Morristown spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morristown workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,813 commuters (the 19% 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.
The commute from Morristown, by distance
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.
Morristown is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morristown is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #111 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Morristown near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,090 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.3% of Morristown households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Morristown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Morristown is 572nd among 1,705 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 28,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
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| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 14 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 570 | Maumelle AR | 19,780 | $103K | 7.1% | 3.8% | 9% | A− |
| 571 | Highland Park NJ | 15,259 | $105K | 7.5% | 4.8% | 5% | A− |
| 572 | Morristown NJ | 20,750 | $121K | 7.8% | 5.3% | 14% | A− |
| 573 | Norwood Park Township IL | 26,584 | $90K | 4.8% | 5.4% | 7% | A− |
| 574 | Lincolnia VA | 20,320 | $122K | 7.7% | 5.4% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,705 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Morristown, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
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 Morristown: questions
What is the median household income in Morristown?
$121,340 (±$14,435) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morristown?
7.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morristown?
24 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morristown work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (10%, 30 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (5%, 5 mi), Hanover Township (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morristown walkable?
Morristown is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.0 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morristown without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morristown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morristown
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.