Work & commute · Ramsey

Work & commute in Ramsey, NJ

Most working residents leave Ramsey for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), Mahwah (4%) and Paramus (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

739 of 7,377 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,638 Ramsey residents head out of town to work, 739 work right here, and 9,142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ramsey.

6,638live here, work elsewhere

739live and work here

9,142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ramsey goes to work

New York, NY29.6 mi away

15%1,112

Ramsey (in town)right here

10%739

Mahwah2.4 mi away

4%265

Paramus8.8 mi away

4%263

Hackensack13 mi away

2%165

Ridgewood5.8 mi away

2%162

Montvale5.2 mi away

2%141

Wyckoff4.4 mi away

2%133

Jersey City24.6 mi away

2%131

Ramapo, NY5.9 mi away

2%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%4,135

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

How far

How far Ramsey commutes

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

39%

32%

24%

39%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ramsey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ramsey are

9,881 jobs are based in Ramsey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ramsey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ramsey

9,881 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Ramsey residents hold

7,377 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 month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

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Jobs based in Ramsey, 2013 → 2023: 9,871 → 9,881. 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.