Work & commute · Little Ferry

Work & commute in Little Ferry, NJ

Most working residents leave Little Ferry for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Hackensack (4%) and Paramus (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

230 of 5,388 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 5,158 Little Ferry residents head out of town to work, 230 work right here, and 3,100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Ferry.

5,158live here, work elsewhere

230live and work here

3,100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Ferry goes to work

New York, NY13.4 mi away

17%930

Hackensack3.3 mi away

4%242

Little Ferry (in town)right here

4%230

Paramus7.5 mi away

3%161

Jersey City9.2 mi away

3%159

Newark10.9 mi away

3%140

Moonachie1.2 mi away

2%105

Secaucus4.6 mi away

2%104

Clifton6.7 mi away

2%89

Fort Lee3.3 mi away

2%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%3,144

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

How far

How far Little Ferry commutes

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

53%

35%

53%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Ferry is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Ferry are

3,330 jobs are based in Little Ferry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Little Ferry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Little Ferry

3,330 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Little Ferry residents hold

5,388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+8%

Jobs based in Little Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 3,071 → 3,330. 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.