Work & commute · Lodi

Work & commute in Lodi, NJ

Most working residents leave Lodi for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Hackensack (5%) and Paramus (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

474 of 11,627 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 11,153 Lodi residents head out of town to work, 474 work right here, and 5,508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lodi.

11,153live here, work elsewhere

474live and work here

5,508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lodi goes to work

New York, NY16.7 mi away

14%1,624

Hackensack2.1 mi away

5%594

Lodi (in town)right here

4%474

Paramus4.8 mi away

4%463

Newark11.6 mi away

3%318

Clifton4.2 mi away

2%289

Paterson4.9 mi away

2%280

Secaucus6.7 mi away

2%248

Jersey City11.5 mi away

2%228

Wayne9.7 mi away

2%198

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%6,911

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

How far

How far Lodi commutes

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

54%

35%

54%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lodi is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lodi are

5,982 jobs are based in Lodi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lodi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lodi

5,982 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lodi residents hold

11,627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+19%

Jobs based in Lodi, 2013 → 2023: 5,027 → 5,982. 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.