Work & commute · Hillside

Work & commute in Hillside, NJ

Most working residents leave Hillside for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Newark (14%), New York (10%) and Elizabeth (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

527 of 10,426 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,899 Hillside residents head out of town to work, 527 work right here, and 6,554 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillside.

9,899live here, work elsewhere

527live and work here

6,554work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillside goes to work

Newark3.5 mi away

14%1,479

New York, NY15.4 mi away

10%1,008

Elizabeth2.8 mi away

5%572

Hillside (in town)right here

5%527

Jersey City8.7 mi away

4%381

Union2.1 mi away

3%339

Woodbridge9.9 mi away

2%246

Edison14.7 mi away

2%222

Irvington1.9 mi away

1%147

Linden4.8 mi away

1%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,363

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

How far

How far Hillside commutes

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

51%

38%

51%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillside is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillside are

7,081 jobs are based in Hillside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hillside

7,081 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Hillside residents hold

10,426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−11%

Jobs based in Hillside, 2013 → 2023: 7,922 → 7,081. 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.