Work & commute · Franklin Lakes

Work & commute in Franklin Lakes, NJ

Most working residents leave Franklin Lakes for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Hackensack (3%) and Paterson (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

249 of 5,083 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,834 Franklin Lakes residents head out of town to work, 249 work right here, and 4,988 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin Lakes.

4,834live here, work elsewhere

249live and work here

4,988work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin Lakes goes to work

New York, NY27.6 mi away

16%813

Franklin Lakes (in town)right here

5%249

Hackensack11.7 mi away

3%166

Paterson6.8 mi away

3%154

Paramus8.2 mi away

3%149

Wayne4.7 mi away

3%130

Wyckoff2 mi away

2%121

Jersey City21.7 mi away

2%117

Clifton10.3 mi away

2%95

Parsippany-Troy Hills15.3 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%2,996

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

How far

How far Franklin Lakes commutes

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

36%

35%

24%

36%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin Lakes is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin Lakes are

5,237 jobs are based in Franklin Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Franklin Lakes

5,237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Franklin Lakes residents hold

5,083 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−27%

Jobs based in Franklin Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 7,178 → 5,237. 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.