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Jobs & commute in Ross Corner

There are 6.6 jobs in Ross Corner for every working resident, and 223 people commute in

Ross Corner has 224 jobs, against 34 working residents. Only 3% work in Ross Corner itself; outside it, Frankford Township draws the most (12%, 3 miles). For 67% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across New Jersey.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Ross Corner, and who commutes in

On a workday 33 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.

33live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
223work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night24
Workday210
24live here− 33head out to work+ 220come in to work= 210on a workday

About 210 people are in Ross Corner on a workday afternoon, 792% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
6.59jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

6.6 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.

The commute map

Where Ross Corner’s workers come from

BranchvilleHobokenNewton: 7 workers live here (3%)CliftonHopatcong: 6 workers live here (3%)New YorkHampton Township: 8 workers live here (4%)Fairfield TownshipWantage Township: 12 workers live here (5%)Stillwater Township: 9 workers live here (4%)Lafayette TownshipMontague Township: 7 workers live here (3%)Sparta Township: 6 workers live here (3%)Vernon Township: 9 workers live here (4%)Frankford Township: 28 workers live here (13%)Woodbridge TownshipDelaware Township: 11 workers live here (5%)Ross CornerFrankford TownshipWantage TownshipDelaware TownshipStillwater TownshipVernon TownshipHampton TownshipRoss Corner
113%28
2
Wantage Township9.6 mi away
5%12
35%11
44%9
5
Vernon Township12.7 mi away
4%9
6
Hampton Township4.7 mi away
4%8
7
Newton5.7 mi away
3%7
8
Montague Township10.6 mi away
3%7
9
Hopatcong12.5 mi away
3%6
103%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%121
The top trips

Where Ross Corner clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

What Ross Corner’s employers do

Jobs based in Ross CornerJobs Ross Corner residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%9%
Trade, transport & utilities42%21%
Services: health, schools, offices58%71%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%15%
Over $3,333 a month48%76%

Who does it

29 or younger22%15%
30 to 5438%53%
55 and older39%32%
−58%

Jobs based in Ross Corner, 2013 → 2023: 534 → 224. 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 Ross Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Ross Corner

Working from home
67%

of Ross Corner workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 7 in 10
How Ross Corner gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 8 commuters (the 67% 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.

How far

Half of Ross Corner commutes less than 28 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miFrankford Township: 12% · 2.7 miBranchville: 9% · 2.2 miNewton: 6% · 5.7 miClifton: 6% · 34.3 miNew York City: 6% · 51.8 miFairfield Township: 6% · 27.3 miLafayette Township: 6% · 2.4 miSparta Township: 6% · 7 miWoodbridge Township: 6% · 45 miHoboken: 3% · 44.6 miFrankford Township 12%Branchville 9%Newton 6%Clifton 6%New York City 6%Ross Corner
Ross CornerTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi14 residents
3%10–24 mi1 residents
50%25–50 mi17 residents
6%Over 50 mi2 residents

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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Ross Corner: questions

What is the poverty rate in Ross Corner?

0.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Ross Corner work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frankford Township (12%, 3 mi), Branchville (9%, 2 mi), Newton (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Ross Corner 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 Ross Corner, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Ross Corner

Ross Corner home →

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.