Work & commute · Guttenberg

Work & commute in Guttenberg, NJ

Most working residents leave Guttenberg for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (32%), Jersey City (5%) and North Bergen (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

162 of 4,898 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,736 Guttenberg residents head out of town to work, 162 work right here, and 847 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guttenberg.

4,736live here, work elsewhere

162live and work here

847work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guttenberg goes to work

New York, NY9.6 mi away

32%1,570

Jersey City6.4 mi away

5%245

North Bergen1.1 mi away

4%202

West New York0.5 mi away

4%176

Guttenberg (in town)right here

3%162

Secaucus3.4 mi away

3%126

Newark10 mi away

2%121

Union City2.3 mi away

2%116

Hackensack7 mi away

2%104

Hoboken3.5 mi away

2%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,988

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

How far

How far Guttenberg commutes

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

71%

18%

71%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guttenberg is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Guttenberg are

1,009 jobs are based in Guttenberg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Guttenberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Guttenberg

1,009 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Guttenberg residents hold

4,898 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in Guttenberg, 2013 → 2023: 946 → 1,009. 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.