Work & commute · Park Ridge

Work & commute in Park Ridge, NJ

Most working residents leave Park Ridge for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (19%), Montvale (4%) and Paramus (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

288 of 4,569 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,281 Park Ridge residents head out of town to work, 288 work right here, and 2,400 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park Ridge.

4,281live here, work elsewhere

288live and work here

2,400work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park Ridge goes to work

New York, NY26.4 mi away

19%852

Park Ridge (in town)right here

6%288

Montvale1.3 mi away

4%202

Paramus6.3 mi away

4%162

Hackensack10.1 mi away

3%116

Orangetown, NY5.2 mi away

2%108

Ridgewood5.2 mi away

2%70

Westwood3.3 mi away

1%65

Woodcliff Lake1.1 mi away

1%65

Ramapo, NY7.9 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,579

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

How far

How far Park Ridge commutes

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

42%

26%

27%

42%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park Ridge is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Park Ridge are

2,688 jobs are based in Park Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Park Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Park Ridge

2,688 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Park Ridge residents hold

4,569 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−19%

Jobs based in Park Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 3,325 → 2,688. 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.