Work & commute · Glen Ridge

Work & commute in Glen Ridge, NJ

Most working residents leave Glen Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (35%), Newark (5%) and Jersey City (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 3,548 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,469 Glen Ridge residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 1,099 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Ridge.

3,469live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

1,099work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Ridge goes to work

New York, NY17 mi away

35%1,225

Newark5.8 mi away

5%168

Jersey City9.8 mi away

4%130

Montclair1.4 mi away

4%127

Glen Ridge (in town)right here

2%79

Bloomfield1 mi away

2%72

Parsippany-Troy Hills12 mi away

2%66

Paterson7.9 mi away

1%47

Florham Park10.1 mi away

1%43

Millburn7.5 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,554

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

How far

How far Glen Ridge commutes

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

31%

58%

31%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Ridge is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Ridge are

1,178 jobs are based in Glen Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glen Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glen Ridge

1,178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Glen Ridge residents hold

3,548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month82%

+9%

Jobs based in Glen Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,076 → 1,178. 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.