Work & commute · Paramus

Work & commute in Paramus, NJ

Most working residents leave Paramus for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are New York (20%), Hackensack (4%) and Newark (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,548 of 13,091 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,543 Paramus residents head out of town to work, 1,548 work right here, and 38,876 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paramus.

11,543live here, work elsewhere

1,548live and work here

38,876work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paramus goes to work

New York, NY20.8 mi away

20%2,562

Paramus (in town)right here

12%1,548

Hackensack4.2 mi away

4%526

Newark16.3 mi away

3%340

Jersey City16.3 mi away

2%317

Paterson5.3 mi away

2%262

Ridgewood3.3 mi away

2%238

Teaneck5 mi away

2%227

Clifton7.5 mi away

1%176

Englewood6.4 mi away

1%171

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%6,724

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

How far

How far Paramus commutes

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

48%

41%

48%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paramus is a job hub

3.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Paramus are

40,424 jobs are based in Paramus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paramus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paramus

40,424 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Paramus residents hold

13,091 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+1%

Jobs based in Paramus, 2013 → 2023: 40,127 → 40,424. 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.