Work & commute · Allendale

Work & commute in Allendale, NJ

Most working residents leave Allendale for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Paramus (4%) and Ramsey (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

206 of 3,094 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,888 Allendale residents head out of town to work, 206 work right here, and 3,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allendale.

2,888live here, work elsewhere

206live and work here

3,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allendale goes to work

New York, NY27.5 mi away

16%499

Allendale (in town)right here

7%206

Paramus6.8 mi away

4%109

Ramsey2.1 mi away

3%85

Ridgewood3.7 mi away

3%83

Mahwah4.3 mi away

2%67

Hackensack10.9 mi away

2%63

Jersey City22.5 mi away

2%63

Parsippany-Troy Hills19.3 mi away

2%55

Waldwick1.4 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,810

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Allendale commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

30%

24%

39%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allendale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Allendale are

3,380 jobs are based in Allendale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Allendale

3,380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Allendale residents hold

3,094 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

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Jobs based in Allendale, 2013 → 2023: 3,373 → 3,380. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.