Work & commute · Glen Rock

Work & commute in Glen Rock, NJ

Most working residents leave Glen Rock for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (19%), Paramus (4%) and Ridgewood (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

305 of 4,934 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,629 Glen Rock residents head out of town to work, 305 work right here, and 3,088 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Rock.

4,629live here, work elsewhere

305live and work here

3,088work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Rock goes to work

New York, NY22.7 mi away

19%941

Glen Rock (in town)right here

6%305

Paramus3 mi away

4%220

Ridgewood1.7 mi away

4%176

Jersey City17.4 mi away

2%99

Fair Lawn1.7 mi away

2%98

Newark16.4 mi away

2%83

Parsippany-Troy Hills17 mi away

2%81

Hackensack6.4 mi away

1%72

Paterson3.7 mi away

1%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,787

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

How far

How far Glen Rock commutes

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

43%

43%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Rock is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Rock are

3,393 jobs are based in Glen Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glen Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glen Rock

3,393 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Glen Rock residents hold

4,934 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+9%

Jobs based in Glen Rock, 2013 → 2023: 3,099 → 3,393. 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.