Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Vernon Valley has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Working residents average 38 minutes each way (New Jersey 31, U.S. 26). There are 30 jobs in Vernon Valley, against 764 working residents. Hardly any work in Vernon Valley; the top destination outside it is Vernon Township (12%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Vernon Valley
Vernon Valley is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Vernon Valley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Vernon Valley has about 800 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Vernon Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 764 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Vernon Valley
On a workday 760 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Vernon Valley on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Vernon Valley: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vernon Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 commuters (the 19% 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.
Where Vernon Valley goes to work
Where Vernon Valley clocks in
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Vernon Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vernon Valley, 2014 → 2024: 51 → 30. 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 Vernon Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Vernon Valley commutes less than 24 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 Vernon Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Vernon Valley?
$121,250 (±$36,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vernon Valley?
5.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vernon Valley?
38 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vernon Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vernon Township (12%, 3 mi), New York City (4%, 49 mi), Newton (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Vernon Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vernon Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vernon Valley
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.