Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Port Colden at work: jobs, income and the commute
Port Colden has 91 jobs; 116 of its residents have a job. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; New Jersey has 17%. Hardly any work in Port Colden itself; outside it, Morristown draws the most (6%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Port Colden
On a workday 115 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 90 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 (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Port Colden: the destinations
Where Port Colden clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Port Colden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Colden, 2014 → 2024: 206 → 91. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Colden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Port Colden
of Port Colden workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 0% 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 Port Colden commutes less than 26 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Port Colden: questions
What is the median household income in Port Colden?
$57,196 (±$37,244) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port Colden?
24.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Port Colden work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (6%, 25 mi), Raritan Township (4%, 16 mi), Washington Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Port Colden 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 Port Colden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Colden
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.