Photo: Jared Kofsky/Placenj.com · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Vernon Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
2,892 jobs are based in Vernon Township for 10,720 working residents. Vernon Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Vernon Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Vernon Township
No single place dominates Vernon Township’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 4% of working residents, and 68% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Vernon Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Vernon Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Vernon Township
68% of Vernon Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Vernon Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 89% leave town for their job. 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.
Where Vernon Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vernon Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #310 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Vernon Township’s grade up ($115,873, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vernon Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
Where Vernon Township goes to work
Where Vernon Township clocks in
4% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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 daily trip from Vernon Township: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vernon Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,390 commuters (the 17% 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.
What Vernon Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vernon Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,267 → 2,892. 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 Vernon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Vernon Township by day and by night
On a workday 9,513 residents head out to work, 1,207 work right here, and 1,685 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Vernon Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
The distance from Vernon Township to work
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.
In Vernon Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vernon Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #450 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,581 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Vernon Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Vernon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Vernon Township is 801st of 1,712 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 23 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
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| 46 | Cranford Township NJ | 24,725 | $156K | 2.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Ridgewood NJ | 26,527 | $208K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 9% | A+ |
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| 799 | Lacey Township NJ | 30,297 | $103K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 12% | B+ |
| 800 | Katy TX | 28,373 | $115K | 8.1% | 7.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 801 | Vernon Township NJ | 22,965 | $116K | 4.2% | 5.4% | 11% | B+ |
| 802 | Lancaster Township PA | 18,592 | $89K | 7.0% | 4.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 803 | Coral Terrace FL | 24,895 | $80K | 10.8% | 3.8% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Vernon Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door to Vernon Township
The biggest share goes to Hardyston Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vernon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Township | – | B+ | C | 41 min | $115,873 |
| Wantage Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 36 min | $99,599 |
| Hardyston Township | 3% | B+ | C+ | 40 min | $120,392 |
| West Milford Township | 2% | A− | B | 40 min | $132,114 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vernon Township’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 Vernon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Vernon Township?
$115,873 (±$6,038) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vernon Township?
4.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vernon Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vernon Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (4%, 47 mi), Hardyston Township (3%, 6 mi), Sparta Township (2%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vernon Township walkable?
Vernon Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vernon Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vernon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vernon Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.