Work & commute · Hillsdale

Work & commute in Hillsdale, NJ

Most working residents leave Hillsdale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (20%), Paramus (4%) and Hackensack (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

263 of 5,316 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,053 Hillsdale residents head out of town to work, 263 work right here, and 1,714 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillsdale.

5,053live here, work elsewhere

263live and work here

1,714work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillsdale goes to work

New York, NY24.4 mi away

20%1,079

Hillsdale (in town)right here

5%263

Paramus4.3 mi away

4%223

Hackensack8.1 mi away

3%160

Montvale3.3 mi away

2%120

Westwood1.4 mi away

2%112

Ridgewood4 mi away

2%92

Mahwah8.9 mi away

1%79

Park Ridge2 mi away

1%78

Jersey City20.5 mi away

1%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%3,036

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

How far

How far Hillsdale commutes

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

45%

42%

45%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillsdale is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillsdale are

1,977 jobs are based in Hillsdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hillsdale

1,977 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hillsdale residents hold

5,316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+3%

Jobs based in Hillsdale, 2013 → 2023: 1,912 → 1,977. 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.