Work & commute · Mountainside

Work & commute in Mountainside, NJ

Most working residents leave Mountainside for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Newark (5%) and Elizabeth (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

166 of 3,163 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

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,997 Mountainside residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 4,958 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountainside.

2,997live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

4,958work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountainside goes to work

New York, NY22.1 mi away

16%496

Mountainside (in town)right here

5%166

Newark10.3 mi away

5%160

Elizabeth8.8 mi away

3%108

Westfield2.2 mi away

3%95

Jersey City15.6 mi away

2%74

Union4.9 mi away

2%68

Morristown10.1 mi away

2%59

Woodbridge9 mi away

2%56

Summit2.4 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,826

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

How far

How far Mountainside commutes

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

42%

46%

42%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountainside is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountainside are

5,124 jobs are based in Mountainside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountainside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountainside

5,124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Mountainside residents hold

3,163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

−1%

Jobs based in Mountainside, 2013 → 2023: 5,191 → 5,124. 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.