Work & commute · Ridgewood

Work & commute in Ridgewood, NJ

Most working residents leave Ridgewood for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (20%), Paramus (5%) and Jersey City (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

913 of 10,102 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,189 Ridgewood residents head out of town to work, 913 work right here, and 11,116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgewood.

9,189live here, work elsewhere

913live and work here

11,116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgewood goes to work

New York, NY23.9 mi away

20%1,983

Ridgewood (in town)right here

9%913

Paramus3.3 mi away

5%461

Jersey City18.9 mi away

2%252

Hackensack7.3 mi away

2%237

Parsippany-Troy Hills18.3 mi away

2%185

Paterson5.3 mi away

2%174

Newark18.1 mi away

1%150

Mahwah7.8 mi away

1%137

Montvale6.1 mi away

1%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%5,497

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

How far

How far Ridgewood commutes

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

39%

43%

11%

39%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgewood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgewood are

12,029 jobs are based in Ridgewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridgewood

12,029 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Ridgewood residents hold

10,102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+8%

Jobs based in Ridgewood, 2013 → 2023: 11,111 → 12,029. 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.