Locals Have Shorter Commute than National Average

A commuter from East Hanover and Florham Park spends slightly less time getting to and from work each day than the average commuter across the United States, according to an interactive map of Census data compiled by WNYC.org.

An average commuter from East Hanover spends 23 minutes traveling to and from work, and in Florham Park the commute takes 24.4 minutes. The national average, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is 25.4 minutes.

This statistic puts local residents far out of the Census' category of "mega-commuters," people who spend at least 90 minutes traveling over 50 miles to and from work each day.

The metropolitan New York area has some of the highest number of mega-commuters in the country, the report said.

Local residents have a similar commute to some of their neighbors: Hanover residents take 24.4 minutes to commute, while Morristown residents take 24.8 minutes. On the higher side of the scale, Livingston came in at 31.3 minutes, Madison at 30 minutes and the Chathams at 38.4 minutes.

Check out the interactive WNYC.org map above to see the average commute times from other nearby towns.