Work & commute · North Bergen

Work & commute in North Bergen, NJ

Most working residents leave North Bergen for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (25%), Jersey City (6%) and Secaucus (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

2,394 of 24,721 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,327 North Bergen residents head out of town to work, 2,394 work right here, and 16,548 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Bergen.

22,327live here, work elsewhere

2,394live and work here

16,548work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Bergen goes to work

New York, NY10.1 mi away

25%6,227

North Bergen (in town)right here

10%2,394

Jersey City6 mi away

6%1,474

Secaucus2.4 mi away

4%901

Union City1.9 mi away

4%883

Newark9.1 mi away

3%697

West New York1 mi away

3%678

Hoboken3.3 mi away

2%465

Hackensack6.7 mi away

2%451

Paramus10.9 mi away

1%343

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%10,208

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

How far

How far North Bergen commutes

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

64%

25%

64%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Bergen is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Bergen are

18,942 jobs are based in North Bergen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Bergen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Bergen

18,942 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs North Bergen residents hold

24,721 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+13%

Jobs based in North Bergen, 2013 → 2023: 16,729 → 18,942. 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.