Work & commute · Saddle River

Work & commute in Saddle River, NJ

Most working residents leave Saddle River for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (22%), Paramus (4%) and Hackensack (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,488 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,445 Saddle River residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 863 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saddle River.

1,445live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

863work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saddle River goes to work

New York, NY26.2 mi away

22%330

Paramus5.4 mi away

4%60

Hackensack9.6 mi away

4%54

Saddle River (in town)right here

3%43

Ramsey3.8 mi away

2%37

Newark21.1 mi away

2%33

Mahwah6.2 mi away

2%33

Ridgewood3.1 mi away

2%27

Paterson8.4 mi away

2%25

Jersey City21.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%821

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

How far

How far Saddle River commutes

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

33%

31%

29%

33%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saddle River is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saddle River are

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

Jobs based in Saddle River

906 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Saddle River residents hold

1,488 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+1%

Jobs based in Saddle River, 2013 → 2023: 898 → 906. 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.