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Work & commute in Ampere North · A commuter town

99% of Ampere North’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Ampere North for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Newark (12%), New York (11%) and Bloomfield (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Work in town
1%
21 of 2,281 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
31 min
More than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
3%
Less than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
486
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Ampere North?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in Newark

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

East Orange: 37 residents work here (2%)KearnyPaterson: 46 residents work here (2%)Clifton: 40 residents work here (2%)Elizabeth: 48 residents work here (2%)Jersey City: 67 residents work here (3%)Newark: 279 residents work here (12%)New York: 240 residents work here (11%)NutleyMontclair: 61 residents work here (3%)Belleville: 39 residents work here (2%)Bloomfield: 123 residents work here (5%)Ampere NorthWatsessingNewarkNew YorkBloomfieldJersey CityMontclairElizabethAmpere North
1
Newark3.7 mi away
12%279
2
New York, NY15.4 mi away
11%240
3
Bloomfield2.3 mi away
5%123
4
Jersey City8 mi away
3%67
5
Montclair3.5 mi away
3%61
6
Elizabeth7.6 mi away
2%48
7
Paterson9.7 mi away
2%46
8
Clifton6.2 mi away
2%40
9
Belleville2 mi away
2%39
10
East Orange1.3 mi away
2%37
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%1,301
The top trips

Where Ampere North clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

19% of Ampere North works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Newark (12%). Darker towns draw more of Ampere North’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Day and night

Ampere North quiets down on a workday

On a workday 2,260 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 465 people come in from elsewhere.

2,260live here, work elsewhere
21live and work here
465work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night5,000
Workday3,200
5,000live here− 2,300head out to work+ 470come in to work= 3,200on a workday

About 3,200 people are in Ampere North on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.21jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Ampere North commutes less than 9 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miNewark: 12% · 3.7 miNew York: 11% · 15.4 miBloomfield: 5% · 2.3 miJersey City: 3% · 8 miMontclair: 3% · 3.5 miElizabeth: 2% · 7.6 miPaterson: 2% · 9.7 miClifton: 2% · 6.2 miBelleville: 2% · 2 miEast Orange: 2% · 1.3 miNewark 12%New York 11%Bloomfield 5%Jersey City 3%Montclair 3%Ampere North
Ampere NorthTop destinations (size = commuters)
56%Under 10 mi1,280 residents
33%10–24 mi755 residents
7%25–50 mi169 residents
3%Over 50 mi76 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 486 jobs in Ampere North are

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

Jobs based in Ampere NorthJobs Ampere North residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms6%11%
Trade, transport & utilities53%24%
Services: health, schools, offices42%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%26%
Over $3,333 a month51%62%

Who does it

29 or younger21%22%
30 to 5453%54%
55 and older27%23%
+14%

Jobs based in Ampere North, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 486. 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.

Time on the road

About 31 minutes each way, about the NJ average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
237 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Ampere North31 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Ampere North workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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