Work & commute · Secaucus

Work & commute in Secaucus, NJ

Most working residents leave Secaucus for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are New York (32%), Jersey City (6%) and Newark (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,198 of 9,737 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 8,539 Secaucus residents head out of town to work, 1,198 work right here, and 33,528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Secaucus.

8,539live here, work elsewhere

1,198live and work here

33,528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Secaucus goes to work

New York, NY10.6 mi away

32%3,104

Secaucus (in town)right here

12%1,198

Jersey City4.9 mi away

6%626

Newark6.8 mi away

3%294

North Bergen2.4 mi away

2%178

Hoboken3.3 mi away

2%164

Union City2.1 mi away

1%129

East Rutherford2.6 mi away

1%119

Edison24.2 mi away

1%102

Paramus11.4 mi away

1%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%3,722

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

How far

How far Secaucus commutes

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

44%

44%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Secaucus is a job hub

3.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Secaucus are

34,726 jobs are based in Secaucus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Secaucus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Secaucus

34,726 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Secaucus residents hold

9,737 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

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Jobs based in Secaucus, 2013 → 2023: 34,599 → 34,726. 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.