Work & commute · Montclair

Work & commute in Montclair, NJ

Most working residents leave Montclair for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (20%), Newark (6%) and Jersey City (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,595 of 16,792 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,197 Montclair residents head out of town to work, 1,595 work right here, and 16,105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montclair.

15,197live here, work elsewhere

1,595live and work here

16,105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montclair goes to work

New York, NY18.1 mi away

20%3,341

Montclair (in town)right here

9%1,595

Newark7.2 mi away

6%1,072

Jersey City11 mi away

3%479

Parsippany-Troy Hills11.4 mi away

2%342

Paterson6.7 mi away

2%260

Clifton3.7 mi away

1%249

Paramus11.2 mi away

1%215

Secaucus8.1 mi away

1%212

Livingston6.8 mi away

1%190

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%8,837

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

How far

How far Montclair commutes

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

42%

44%

42%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montclair is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montclair are

17,700 jobs are based in Montclair. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montclair’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montclair

17,700 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Montclair residents hold

16,792 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

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Jobs based in Montclair, 2013 → 2023: 17,656 → 17,700. 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.