Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Packanack Lake commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Packanack Lake; the top destination outside it is Wayne Township (12%, 1 miles). There are 1,666 jobs in Packanack Lake, against 3,322 working residents. 32% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Packanack Lake apart
Home offices are common in Packanack Lake
32% of Packanack Lake workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Packanack Lake has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Packanack Lake went from 1,021 in 2013 to 1,666 in 2023, +63%. The jobs ↓
Packanack Lake’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Packanack Lake is New York City, NY, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (383) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Three in four Packanack Lake workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Packanack Lake’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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
From Packanack Lake, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Packanack Lake workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,230 commuters (the 32% 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 kinds of work in Packanack Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Packanack Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,021 → 1,666. 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 Packanack Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Packanack Lake
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.
The daily commute in and out of Packanack Lake
On a workday 3,274 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 1,618 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Packanack Lake on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
The towns that employ Packanack Lake’s residents
Where Packanack Lake clocks in
12% of workers
12% 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.
Packanack Lake and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Packanack Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packanack Lake | – | — | — | 28 min | $213,103 |
| Preakness | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Preakness: 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 Packanack Lake’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 Packanack Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Packanack Lake?
$213,103 (±$36,253) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Packanack Lake?
1.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Packanack Lake?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Packanack Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wayne Township (12%, 1 mi), New York City (12%, 25 mi), Paterson (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Packanack Lake without a car?
7% 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 Packanack Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Packanack Lake
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.