Work & commute · Ridgefield

Work & commute in Ridgefield, NJ

Most working residents leave Ridgefield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (26%), Jersey City (3%) and Hackensack (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

333 of 5,055 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,722 Ridgefield residents head out of town to work, 333 work right here, and 4,280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgefield.

4,722live here, work elsewhere

333live and work here

4,280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgefield goes to work

New York, NY12.2 mi away

26%1,339

Ridgefield (in town)right here

7%333

Jersey City8.5 mi away

3%159

Hackensack4.5 mi away

3%151

North Bergen2.5 mi away

2%120

Fort Lee2.8 mi away

2%118

Englewood4.8 mi away

2%98

Paramus8.7 mi away

2%96

Palisades Park1.6 mi away

2%90

Secaucus4.2 mi away

2%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,475

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

How far

How far Ridgefield commutes

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

47%

41%

47%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgefield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgefield are

4,613 jobs are based in Ridgefield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridgefield

4,613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Ridgefield residents hold

5,055 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+6%

Jobs based in Ridgefield, 2013 → 2023: 4,370 → 4,613. 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.