Work & commute · Hawthorne

Work & commute in Hawthorne, NJ

Most working residents leave Hawthorne for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Paterson (5%) and Paramus (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

677 of 10,336 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,659 Hawthorne residents head out of town to work, 677 work right here, and 5,076 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawthorne.

9,659live here, work elsewhere

677live and work here

5,076work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawthorne goes to work

New York, NY23.4 mi away

9%893

Hawthorne (in town)right here

7%677

Paterson2.9 mi away

5%514

Paramus4.7 mi away

3%340

Wayne4.6 mi away

3%276

Ridgewood2.9 mi away

2%257

Hackensack7.5 mi away

2%254

Newark16.1 mi away

2%245

Fair Lawn2.6 mi away

2%243

Wyckoff3 mi away

2%192

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%6,445

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

How far

How far Hawthorne commutes

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

53%

34%

53%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawthorne is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawthorne are

5,753 jobs are based in Hawthorne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hawthorne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hawthorne

5,753 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Hawthorne residents hold

10,336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+2%

Jobs based in Hawthorne, 2013 → 2023: 5,653 → 5,753. 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.