Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Pine Brook draws 6,463 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 5% work in Pine Brook itself; outside it, Montville Township draws the most (8%, 3 miles). 6,591 jobs are based in Pine Brook, against 2,605 working residents. For 28% of workers, the job is at home, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pine Brook: the figures worth knowing
Pine Brook is where the jobs are
Pine Brook has 6,591 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 9,900 people are in town, 67% more than the 6,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Pine Brook draws workers from far and wide
The 6,591 jobs in Pine Brook are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 25%; the other 73% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
No single place dominates Pine Brook’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 7% of working residents, and 62% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Pine Brook residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Pine Brook
28% of Pine Brook workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Pine Brook pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Pine Brook 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 workday in Pine Brook: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,477 residents head out to work and 128 work right here.
About 9,900 people are in Pine Brook on a workday afternoon, 67% more 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.
Who travels to work in Pine Brook, and from where
Where Pine Brook clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Pine Brook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Brook workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,199 commuters (the 28% 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.
75% of the jobs in Pine Brook pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Brook, 2013 → 2023: 5,370 → 6,591. 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 Pine Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Pine Brook’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.
How Pine Brook compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Brook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Brook | – | — | — | 26 min | $126,488 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 6% | A | A | 28 min | $112,327 |
| Fairfield Township | 3% | B+ | A | 22 min | $115,980 |
| East Hanover Township | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $149,583 |
| Lake Hiawatha | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Hiawatha: 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 Pine Brook’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 Pine Brook: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Brook?
$126,488 (±$26,048) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Brook?
6.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Brook?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Brook work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montville Township (8%, 3 mi), New York City (7%, 25 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Brook without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Brook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Brook
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.