Work & commute · Edgewater

Work & commute in Edgewater, NJ

Most working residents leave Edgewater for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (43%), Jersey City (4%) and Fort Lee (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

260 of 6,267 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,007 Edgewater residents head out of town to work, 260 work right here, and 4,787 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgewater.

6,007live here, work elsewhere

260live and work here

4,787work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgewater goes to work

New York, NY11.3 mi away

43%2,689

Edgewater (in town)right here

4%260

Jersey City9.2 mi away

4%221

Fort Lee1.8 mi away

3%160

Hoboken6.2 mi away

2%104

Englewood Cliffs4.4 mi away

2%99

Paramus9.9 mi away

2%99

Hackensack5.8 mi away

1%87

Newark12.5 mi away

1%86

Englewood4.6 mi away

1%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,392

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

How far

How far Edgewater commutes

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

30%

58%

30%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgewater is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgewater are

5,047 jobs are based in Edgewater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edgewater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edgewater

5,047 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Edgewater residents hold

6,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+17%

Jobs based in Edgewater, 2013 → 2023: 4,309 → 5,047. 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.