The Ponds has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in The Ponds for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (16%, 36 miles). There are 17 jobs in The Ponds, against 293 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where The Ponds stands out on work
The Ponds is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in The Ponds, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday The Ponds has about 820 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The Ponds’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside The Ponds is New York City, NY, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (47) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 293 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in The Ponds, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 293 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in The Ponds on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from The Ponds
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.
Where The Ponds goes to work
Where The Ponds clocks in
16% of workers
4% 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.
In The Ponds, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in The Ponds, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 17. 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 The Ponds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in The Ponds
of The Ponds workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 7% 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 Ponds and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | The Ponds workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ponds | – | — | — | — | $73,249 |
| Concordia | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Concordia: 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 The Ponds’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 The Ponds: questions
What is the median household income in The Ponds?
$73,249 (±$22,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in The Ponds?
1.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in The Ponds work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (16%, 36 mi), Monroe Township (4%, 2 mi), Jersey City (3%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around The Ponds without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from The Ponds, from the people who make the trip.
More of The Ponds
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.