Every workday, about 13,000 people come to East Rutherford for work
Most working residents leave East Rutherford for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (22%), Jersey City (4%) and Newark (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
Work and commuting in East Rutherford, in brief
East Rutherford is where the jobs are
East Rutherford has 13,356 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 19,000 people are in town, 82% more than the 10,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
East Rutherford has added jobs fast
Jobs based in East Rutherford went from 7,944 in 2013 to 13,356 in 2023, +68%. The jobs ↓
East Rutherford draws workers from far and wide
The 13,356 jobs in East Rutherford are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 31%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside East Rutherford
70% of East Rutherford residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in East Rutherford pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
East Rutherford nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 4,607 residents head out to work, 251 work right here, and 13,105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in East Rutherford on a workday afternoon, 82% more than live here.
2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
What the 13,356 jobs in East Rutherford are
13,356 jobs are based in East Rutherford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Rutherford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Rutherford, 2013 → 2023: 7,944 → 13,356. 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.
Where East Rutherford’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where East Rutherford clocks in
22% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of East Rutherford commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
About 28 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Rutherford workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
East Rutherford and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Rutherford (2%). Darker towns draw more of East Rutherford’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
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.
More of East Rutherford
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Rutherford, from the people who make the trip.
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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.