Work & commute · Old Tappan

Work & commute in Old Tappan, NJ

Most working residents leave Old Tappan for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (25%), Orangetown (3%) and Paramus (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 2,866 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,742 Old Tappan residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 1,228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Tappan.

2,742live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

1,228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old Tappan goes to work

New York, NY25 mi away

25%713

Old Tappan (in town)right here

4%124

Orangetown, NY2.8 mi away

3%90

Paramus6.9 mi away

3%76

Englewood Cliffs9.8 mi away

2%68

Norwood3.1 mi away

2%68

Hackensack9.8 mi away

2%62

Northvale1.9 mi away

2%56

Clarkstown, NY7.7 mi away

2%54

Jersey City22 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,510

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

How far

How far Old Tappan commutes

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

39%

42%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old Tappan 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 Old Tappan are

1,352 jobs are based in Old Tappan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Tappan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old Tappan

1,352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Old Tappan residents hold

2,866 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−33%

Jobs based in Old Tappan, 2013 → 2023: 2,011 → 1,352. 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.