Work & commute · Rochelle Park

Work & commute in Rochelle Park, NJ

Most working residents leave Rochelle Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Paramus (6%) and Hackensack (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 2,872 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,756 Rochelle Park residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 4,211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rochelle Park.

2,756live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

4,211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rochelle Park goes to work

New York, NY18.4 mi away

17%485

Paramus2.8 mi away

6%172

Hackensack2.1 mi away

5%143

Rochelle Park (in town)right here

4%116

Paterson4.5 mi away

3%73

Newark13.5 mi away

2%68

Jersey City13.5 mi away

2%53

Secaucus8.6 mi away

2%50

Clifton5.3 mi away

2%48

Englewood5.6 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,620

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

How far

How far Rochelle Park commutes

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

53%

37%

53%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rochelle Park is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rochelle Park are

4,327 jobs are based in Rochelle Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rochelle Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rochelle Park

4,327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Rochelle Park residents hold

2,872 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+2%

Jobs based in Rochelle Park, 2013 → 2023: 4,233 → 4,327. 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.