Work & commute · Rockleigh

Work & commute in Rockleigh, NJ

Most working residents leave Rockleigh for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (20%), Northvale (6%) and Norwood (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 184 Rockleigh residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 2,470 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockleigh.

184live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

2,470work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockleigh goes to work

New York, NY23.3 mi away

20%37

Northvale1.2 mi away

6%12

Norwood1.2 mi away

6%12

Englewood Cliffs8 mi away

4%7

Hackensack9.6 mi away

3%6

Paramus8 mi away

3%6

Rockleigh (in town)right here

3%5

Ridgefield12.6 mi away

3%5

Englewood7.8 mi away

3%5

Closter2.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%91

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

How far

How far Rockleigh commutes

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

41%

44%

41%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockleigh is a job hub

13.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockleigh are

2,475 jobs are based in Rockleigh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockleigh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockleigh

2,475 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Rockleigh residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+41%

Jobs based in Rockleigh, 2013 → 2023: 1,760 → 2,475. 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.