Work & commute · Hoboken

Work & commute in Hoboken, NJ

Most working residents leave Hoboken for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (52%), Jersey City (6%) and Newark (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,562 of 32,190 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29,628 Hoboken residents head out of town to work, 2,562 work right here, and 21,923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hoboken.

29,628live here, work elsewhere

2,562live and work here

21,923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hoboken goes to work

New York, NY7.4 mi away

52%16,588

Hoboken (in town)right here

8%2,562

Jersey City3 mi away

6%1,896

Newark7.7 mi away

2%769

Secaucus3.3 mi away

1%352

Parsippany-Troy Hills22.1 mi away

1%317

Woodbridge18.8 mi away

1%214

Edison23.7 mi away

1%208

Hackensack10 mi away

1%204

Paramus14.1 mi away

1%190

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%8,890

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

How far

How far Hoboken commutes

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

75%

14%

75%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hoboken is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hoboken are

24,485 jobs are based in Hoboken. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hoboken’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hoboken

24,485 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Hoboken residents hold

32,190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month84%

+41%

Jobs based in Hoboken, 2013 → 2023: 17,373 → 24,485. 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.