Work & commute · Rutherford

Work & commute in Rutherford, NJ

Most working residents leave Rutherford for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (25%), Jersey City (4%) and Newark (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

557 of 9,310 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,753 Rutherford residents head out of town to work, 557 work right here, and 8,452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rutherford.

8,753live here, work elsewhere

557live and work here

8,452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rutherford goes to work

New York, NY14 mi away

25%2,345

Rutherford (in town)right here

6%557

Jersey City7.8 mi away

4%378

Newark7.5 mi away

4%326

Secaucus3.3 mi away

2%224

Hackensack5.7 mi away

2%218

Clifton4.1 mi away

2%201

East Rutherford1.1 mi away

2%180

Lyndhurst1.6 mi away

2%166

Hoboken6.6 mi away

2%164

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%4,551

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

How far

How far Rutherford commutes

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

50%

41%

50%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rutherford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rutherford are

9,009 jobs are based in Rutherford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rutherford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rutherford

9,009 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Rutherford residents hold

9,310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+35%

Jobs based in Rutherford, 2013 → 2023: 6,672 → 9,009. 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.