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Work & commute · Demarest

Work & commute in Demarest, NJ

Most working residents leave Demarest for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (34%), Englewood (4%) and Fort Lee (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
63 of 2,298 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
43 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
26%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,235 Demarest residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 812 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Demarest.

2,235live here, work elsewhere
63live and work here
812work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Demarest goes to work

NorthvaleHaworthHarrington ParkDumontEnglewood CliffsDemarestCresskillNew MilfordFort LeePark RidgeHillsdaleBergenfieldClosterHackensackEnglewoodAlpineParamusJersey CityNew YorkTeaneckNew YorkEnglewoodFort LeeEnglewood CliffsHackensackParamusJersey CityClosterTeaneckDemarest
1
New York, NY20.2 mi away
34%772
2
Englewood4.4 mi away
4%92
3
Demarest (in town)right here
3%63
4
Fort Lee7.2 mi away
2%48
5
Englewood Cliffs4.8 mi away
2%47
6
Hackensack6.5 mi away
2%47
7
Paramus6 mi away
2%47
8
Jersey City17.7 mi away
2%42
9
Closter1.3 mi away
2%35
10
Teaneck5.3 mi away
1%31
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%1,074

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

How far

How far Demarest commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
52%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
5%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Demarest is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Demarest are

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

Jobs based in Demarest

875 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)97%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Demarest residents hold

2,298 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%
Over $3,333 a month76%
+29%

Jobs based in Demarest, 2013 → 2023: 680 → 875. 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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