Work & commute · River Vale

Work & commute in River Vale, NJ

Most working residents leave River Vale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (21%), Paramus (3%) and Hackensack (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

187 of 4,944 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,757 River Vale residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 2,212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Vale.

4,757live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

2,212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Vale goes to work

New York, NY24.5 mi away

21%1,021

River Vale (in town)right here

4%187

Paramus5.7 mi away

3%162

Hackensack8.9 mi away

3%130

Montvale3.5 mi away

2%114

Orangetown, NY4.1 mi away

2%103

Westwood2.2 mi away

2%90

Hillsdale2.1 mi away

2%77

Jersey City21.1 mi away

2%76

Ridgewood6 mi away

1%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%2,914

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

How far

How far River Vale commutes

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

42%

36%

17%

42%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Vale is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in River Vale are

2,399 jobs are based in River Vale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs River Vale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in River Vale

2,399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs River Vale residents hold

4,944 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+68%

Jobs based in River Vale, 2013 → 2023: 1,429 → 2,399. 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.