Work & commute · Northvale

Work & commute in Northvale, NJ

Most working residents leave Northvale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (19%), Norwood (4%) and Orangetown (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 2,376 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,252 Northvale residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 2,643 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northvale.

2,252live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

2,643work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northvale goes to work

New York, NY24.3 mi away

19%443

Northvale (in town)right here

5%124

Norwood1.9 mi away

4%96

Orangetown, NY2.7 mi away

3%70

Rockleigh1.2 mi away

3%64

Hackensack10 mi away

2%54

Englewood8.6 mi away

2%53

Englewood Cliffs9 mi away

2%51

Paramus7.9 mi away

2%44

Jersey City21.8 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,341

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

How far

How far Northvale commutes

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

41%

45%

41%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northvale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Northvale are

2,767 jobs are based in Northvale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northvale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northvale

2,767 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Northvale residents hold

2,376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−17%

Jobs based in Northvale, 2013 → 2023: 3,333 → 2,767. 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.