Work & commute · Mahwah

Work & commute in Mahwah, NJ

Most working residents leave Mahwah for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Ramsey (5%) and Paramus (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

944 of 12,470 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,526 Mahwah residents head out of town to work, 944 work right here, and 13,634 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mahwah.

11,526live here, work elsewhere

944live and work here

13,634work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mahwah goes to work

New York, NY31.7 mi away

16%1,988

Mahwah (in town)right here

8%944

Ramsey2.4 mi away

5%669

Paramus11 mi away

4%445

Hackensack15.1 mi away

2%280

Ramapo, NY5.7 mi away

2%274

Ridgewood7.8 mi away

2%265

Jersey City26.3 mi away

2%239

Montvale7.3 mi away

2%225

Parsippany-Troy Hills19.8 mi away

2%209

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%6,932

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

How far

How far Mahwah commutes

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

34%

33%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mahwah is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mahwah are

14,578 jobs are based in Mahwah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mahwah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mahwah

14,578 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Mahwah residents hold

12,470 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−3%

Jobs based in Mahwah, 2013 → 2023: 15,076 → 14,578. 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.