Work & commute · Ridgefield Park

Work & commute in Ridgefield Park, NJ

Most working residents leave Ridgefield Park for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (26%), Hackensack (4%) and Jersey City (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

403 of 5,981 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,578 Ridgefield Park residents head out of town to work, 403 work right here, and 5,389 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgefield Park.

5,578live here, work elsewhere

403live and work here

5,389work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgefield Park goes to work

New York, NY13.9 mi away

26%1,530

Ridgefield Park (in town)right here

7%403

Hackensack2.7 mi away

4%259

Jersey City10.2 mi away

3%200

Paramus6.9 mi away

3%188

Teaneck2.5 mi away

2%132

Englewood3.5 mi away

2%119

North Bergen4.2 mi away

2%115

Secaucus5.6 mi away

2%113

Newark12 mi away

1%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,836

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

How far

How far Ridgefield Park commutes

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

50%

39%

50%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgefield Park is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgefield Park are

5,792 jobs are based in Ridgefield Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgefield Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridgefield Park

5,792 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Ridgefield Park residents hold

5,981 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+51%

Jobs based in Ridgefield Park, 2013 → 2023: 3,840 → 5,792. 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.