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Work & commute · Alpine

Work & commute in Alpine, NJ

Most working residents leave Alpine for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New York (36%), Englewood (3%) and Englewood Cliffs (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
12 of 824 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 812 Alpine residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alpine.

812live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
392work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Alpine goes to work

RockleighDumontEnglewood CliffsDemarestCresskillFort LeeNorwoodHillsdaleBergenfieldClosterCarlstadtTenaflyEnglewoodAlpineCliftonParamusJersey CityHastings-on-HudsonYonkersNew YorkWayneGreenburghRamapoNew YorkEnglewoodEnglewood CliffsFort LeeParamusJersey CityCarlstadtTenaflyWayneAlpine
1
New York, NY21.2 mi away
36%295
2
Englewood6.1 mi away
3%25
3
Englewood Cliffs6 mi away
3%24
4
Fort Lee8.6 mi away
2%16
5
Paramus8.1 mi away
2%16
6
Jersey City19.4 mi away
2%14
7
Carlstadt12.3 mi away
2%13
8
Tenafly3.9 mi away
2%13
9
Wayne17.2 mi away
2%13
10
Alpine (in town)right here
1%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%383

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

How far

How far Alpine commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
59%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
6%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Alpine is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alpine are

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

Jobs based in Alpine

404 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)87%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Alpine residents hold

824 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month73%
+0%

Jobs based in Alpine, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 404. 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.

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