Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 4.0Most of Yorketown commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 44 minutes getting to work on average; the New Jersey average is 31, the U.S. 26. There are 892 jobs in Yorketown, against 2,972 working residents. Only 1% work in Yorketown itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (9%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Yorketown
Yorketown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Yorketown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Yorketown went from 530 in 2014 to 892 in 2024, +68%. The jobs ↓
Yorketown’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Yorketown is New York City, NY, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (268) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Yorketown is a place people come home to
There are 892 jobs based in Yorketown, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Yorketown has about 5,200 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Getting to work from Yorketown takes about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yorketown workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,904 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.
Jobs in Yorketown: what the 892 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yorketown, 2014 → 2024: 530 → 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yorketown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Yorketown’s commute, mile by mile
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.
A workday in Yorketown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,931 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 851 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Yorketown on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 towns that employ Yorketown’s residents
Where Yorketown clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Yorketown and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yorketown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorketown | – | — | — | 44 min | $173,510 |
| Englishtown | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 36 min | $91,111 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Yorketown’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 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 Yorketown: questions
What is the median household income in Yorketown?
$173,510 (±$39,159) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yorketown?
4.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yorketown?
44 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 Yorketown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (9%, 32 mi), Manalapan Township (8%, 2 mi), Marlboro Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Yorketown without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yorketown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yorketown
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.