Work & commute · Saddle Brook

Work & commute in Saddle Brook, NJ

Most working residents leave Saddle Brook for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Paramus (5%) and Hackensack (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

436 of 7,283 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,847 Saddle Brook residents head out of town to work, 436 work right here, and 10,154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saddle Brook.

6,847live here, work elsewhere

436live and work here

10,154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saddle Brook goes to work

New York, NY18.5 mi away

13%936

Saddle Brook (in town)right here

6%436

Paramus3.3 mi away

5%377

Hackensack2.7 mi away

4%319

Fair Lawn2.6 mi away

3%198

Clifton4.5 mi away

3%187

Newark13 mi away

2%182

Paterson3.7 mi away

2%178

Garfield1.8 mi away

2%148

Wayne8.4 mi away

2%134

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%4,188

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

How far

How far Saddle Brook commutes

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

58%

33%

58%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saddle Brook is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Saddle Brook are

10,590 jobs are based in Saddle Brook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saddle Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saddle Brook

10,590 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Saddle Brook residents hold

7,283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+20%

Jobs based in Saddle Brook, 2013 → 2023: 8,828 → 10,590. 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.