Work & commute · River Edge

Work & commute in River Edge, NJ

Most working residents leave River Edge for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (26%), Paramus (5%) and Hackensack (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

204 of 5,902 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,698 River Edge residents head out of town to work, 204 work right here, and 3,603 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Edge.

5,698live here, work elsewhere

204live and work here

3,603work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Edge goes to work

New York, NY19 mi away

26%1,554

Paramus2.2 mi away

5%270

Hackensack2.6 mi away

4%239

River Edge (in town)right here

3%204

Newark15.7 mi away

2%147

Jersey City15 mi away

2%129

Teaneck2.9 mi away

2%100

Englewood4.2 mi away

2%91

Parsippany-Troy Hills20.6 mi away

1%84

Secaucus10.1 mi away

1%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%3,002

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

How far

How far River Edge commutes

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

43%

47%

43%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Edge is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in River Edge are

3,807 jobs are based in River Edge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs River Edge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in River Edge

3,807 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs River Edge residents hold

5,902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+11%

Jobs based in River Edge, 2013 → 2023: 3,430 → 3,807. 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.