Work & commute · Maplewood

Work & commute in Maplewood, NJ

Most working residents leave Maplewood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (23%), Newark (8%) and Jersey City (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

588 of 11,032 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,444 Maplewood residents head out of town to work, 588 work right here, and 5,865 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maplewood.

10,444live here, work elsewhere

588live and work here

5,865work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maplewood goes to work

New York, NY18.1 mi away

23%2,483

Newark5.2 mi away

8%837

Maplewood (in town)right here

5%588

Jersey City10.9 mi away

3%356

Millburn2.7 mi away

2%244

Livingston4.7 mi away

2%200

Union2.7 mi away

2%193

South Orange Village1.2 mi away

2%178

Morristown11.6 mi away

2%173

Parsippany-Troy Hills11.8 mi away

2%170

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,610

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

How far

How far Maplewood commutes

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

39%

50%

39%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maplewood is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maplewood are

6,453 jobs are based in Maplewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maplewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maplewood

6,453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Maplewood residents hold

11,032 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+9%

Jobs based in Maplewood, 2013 → 2023: 5,910 → 6,453. 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.