Work & commute · Moonachie

Work & commute in Moonachie, NJ

Most working residents leave Moonachie for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Hackensack (4%) and Carlstadt (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 1,409 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 1,327 Moonachie residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 6,953 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moonachie.

1,327live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

6,953work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moonachie goes to work

New York, NY13.8 mi away

16%226

Moonachie (in town)right here

6%82

Hackensack3.4 mi away

4%54

Carlstadt1 mi away

3%45

Jersey City9 mi away

3%42

Newark10.1 mi away

3%40

East Rutherford2.2 mi away

3%39

Paramus7.4 mi away

2%32

North Bergen3.7 mi away

2%28

Little Ferry1.2 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%798

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

How far

How far Moonachie commutes

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

55%

32%

55%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moonachie is a job hub

4.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Moonachie are

7,035 jobs are based in Moonachie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moonachie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moonachie

7,035 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Moonachie residents hold

1,409 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−5%

Jobs based in Moonachie, 2013 → 2023: 7,436 → 7,035. 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.