Work & commute · Ringwood

Work & commute in Ringwood, NJ

Most working residents leave Ringwood for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (8%), Wayne (3%) and Paramus (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

420 of 6,241 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,821 Ringwood residents head out of town to work, 420 work right here, and 1,392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ringwood.

5,821live here, work elsewhere

420live and work here

1,392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ringwood goes to work

New York, NY35.1 mi away

8%516

Ringwood (in town)right here

7%420

Wayne11 mi away

3%186

Paramus15.1 mi away

3%158

Paterson14.2 mi away

2%154

Parsippany-Troy Hills18.7 mi away

2%152

Mahwah4.8 mi away

2%147

Wanaque4.3 mi away

2%134

Hackensack18.9 mi away

2%124

Ridgewood11.8 mi away

2%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%4,145

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

How far

How far Ringwood commutes

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

25%

48%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ringwood is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ringwood are

1,812 jobs are based in Ringwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ringwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ringwood

1,812 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Ringwood residents hold

6,241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−6%

Jobs based in Ringwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,932 → 1,812. 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.