Work & commute · North Arlington

Work & commute in North Arlington, NJ

Most working residents leave North Arlington for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Newark (7%) and Jersey City (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

369 of 7,621 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,252 North Arlington residents head out of town to work, 369 work right here, and 3,233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Arlington.

7,252live here, work elsewhere

369live and work here

3,233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Arlington goes to work

New York, NY13 mi away

14%1,075

Newark4.9 mi away

7%565

Jersey City6.1 mi away

6%425

North Arlington (in town)right here

5%369

Lyndhurst1 mi away

3%214

Kearny2.3 mi away

3%202

Clifton5.5 mi away

3%198

Hackensack8.3 mi away

3%192

Secaucus3.1 mi away

2%188

Paramus11.5 mi away

2%124

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%4,069

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

How far

How far North Arlington commutes

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

58%

33%

58%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Arlington is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Arlington are

3,602 jobs are based in North Arlington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Arlington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Arlington

3,602 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs North Arlington residents hold

7,621 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+8%

Jobs based in North Arlington, 2013 → 2023: 3,325 → 3,602. 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.