Work & commute · Lyndhurst

Work & commute in Lyndhurst, NJ

Most working residents leave Lyndhurst for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Newark (5%) and Jersey City (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

748 of 10,653 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

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,905 Lyndhurst residents head out of town to work, 748 work right here, and 10,382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyndhurst.

9,905live here, work elsewhere

748live and work here

10,382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyndhurst goes to work

New York, NY13 mi away

17%1,799

Lyndhurst (in town)right here

7%748

Newark5.9 mi away

5%522

Jersey City6.4 mi away

4%474

Hackensack7.3 mi away

3%270

Clifton5.1 mi away

2%263

Secaucus2.6 mi away

2%248

Paramus10.6 mi away

2%207

East Rutherford2 mi away

2%195

Kearny3.1 mi away

2%168

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%5,759

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

How far

How far Lyndhurst 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

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyndhurst is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyndhurst are

11,130 jobs are based in Lyndhurst. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lyndhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lyndhurst

11,130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Lyndhurst residents hold

10,653 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+8%

Jobs based in Lyndhurst, 2013 → 2023: 10,312 → 11,130. 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.