Work & commute · North Caldwell

Work & commute in North Caldwell, NJ

Most working residents leave North Caldwell for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Fairfield (4%) and Newark (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 3,023 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,940 North Caldwell residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 959 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Caldwell.

2,940live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

959work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Caldwell goes to work

New York, NY21.8 mi away

16%473

Fairfield2.6 mi away

4%126

Newark10.7 mi away

3%101

Jersey City14.7 mi away

3%88

North Caldwell (in town)right here

3%83

Parsippany-Troy Hills8.5 mi away

3%78

Montclair3.7 mi away

2%74

West Caldwell2.2 mi away

2%69

Clifton5.2 mi away

2%63

Paterson6.1 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,813

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

How far

How far North Caldwell commutes

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

45%

43%

45%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Caldwell is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Caldwell are

1,042 jobs are based in North Caldwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Caldwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Caldwell

1,042 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs North Caldwell residents hold

3,023 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

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Jobs based in North Caldwell, 2013 → 2023: 1,041 → 1,042. 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.