Work & commute · Hackensack

Work & commute in Hackensack, NJ

Most working residents leave Hackensack for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are New York (21%), Paramus (4%) and Teaneck (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,569 of 22,031 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,462 Hackensack residents head out of town to work, 2,569 work right here, and 35,172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hackensack.

19,462live here, work elsewhere

2,569live and work here

35,172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hackensack goes to work

New York, NY16.6 mi away

21%4,620

Hackensack (in town)right here

12%2,569

Paramus4.2 mi away

4%951

Teaneck1.8 mi away

2%464

Englewood3.8 mi away

2%461

Jersey City12.3 mi away

2%433

Paterson6.4 mi away

2%365

Newark13.2 mi away

2%360

Secaucus7.5 mi away

2%331

Clifton6.3 mi away

1%318

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%11,159

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

How far

How far Hackensack commutes

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

51%

37%

51%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hackensack is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hackensack are

37,741 jobs are based in Hackensack. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hackensack’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hackensack

37,741 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Hackensack residents hold

22,031 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−5%

Jobs based in Hackensack, 2013 → 2023: 39,662 → 37,741. 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.