Work & commute · Closter

Work & commute in Closter, NJ

Most working residents leave Closter for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (29%), Englewood (3%) and Paramus (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

258 of 4,017 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,759 Closter residents head out of town to work, 258 work right here, and 2,802 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Closter.

3,759live here, work elsewhere

258live and work here

2,802work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Closter goes to work

New York, NY21.5 mi away

29%1,183

Closter (in town)right here

6%258

Englewood5.7 mi away

3%102

Paramus6 mi away

2%97

Hackensack7.3 mi away

2%92

Jersey City18.9 mi away

2%74

Englewood Cliffs6.2 mi away

2%68

Fort Lee8.5 mi away

2%68

Tenafly3.8 mi away

1%60

Teaneck6.3 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,963

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

How far

How far Closter commutes

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

36%

50%

36%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Closter is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Closter are

3,060 jobs are based in Closter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Closter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Closter

3,060 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Closter residents hold

4,017 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+11%

Jobs based in Closter, 2013 → 2023: 2,769 → 3,060. 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.