Work & commute · Bergenfield

Work & commute in Bergenfield, NJ

Most working residents leave Bergenfield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (24%), Englewood (4%) and Hackensack (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

729 of 14,253 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,524 Bergenfield residents head out of town to work, 729 work right here, and 3,169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bergenfield.

13,524live here, work elsewhere

729live and work here

3,169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bergenfield goes to work

New York, NY18.2 mi away

24%3,452

Bergenfield (in town)right here

5%729

Englewood2.5 mi away

4%599

Hackensack3.4 mi away

4%530

Paramus4.1 mi away

4%516

Teaneck2.3 mi away

3%442

Jersey City15 mi away

2%254

Newark16.5 mi away

1%193

Paterson8.6 mi away

1%179

Tenafly2.5 mi away

1%168

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%7,191

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

How far

How far Bergenfield commutes

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

45%

43%

45%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bergenfield is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bergenfield are

3,898 jobs are based in Bergenfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bergenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bergenfield

3,898 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Bergenfield residents hold

14,253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+9%

Jobs based in Bergenfield, 2013 → 2023: 3,581 → 3,898. 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.