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Work & commute in Singac · A commuter town

98% of Singac’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Singac for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), Little Falls (6%) and Paterson (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Work in town
2%
37 of 2,051 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
25 min
Less than NJ (31 min)
Work from home
22%
More than NJ (17%)
Jobs based here
931
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Singac?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

10% of working residents work in New York

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

WestwoodWoodland ParkNorth CaldwellTotowa: 64 residents work here (3%)Paterson: 94 residents work here (5%)Clifton: 58 residents work here (3%)Paramus: 44 residents work here (2%)Newark: 69 residents work here (3%)New York: 209 residents work here (10%)Cedar GroveWayne: 70 residents work here (3%)Fairfield: 62 residents work here (3%)Little Falls: 119 residents work here (6%)Parsippany-Troy Hills: 65 residents work here (3%)BloomfieldSingacNew YorkLittle FallsPatersonWayneNewarkParsippany-Troy HillsSingac
1
New York, NY22.1 mi away
10%209
2
Little Falls1.5 mi away
6%119
3
Paterson4.7 mi away
5%94
4
Wayne4.2 mi away
3%70
5
Newark11.7 mi away
3%69
63%65
7
Totowa1.8 mi away
3%64
8
Fairfield3.2 mi away
3%62
9
Clifton4.6 mi away
3%58
10
Paramus10 mi away
2%44
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%1,197
The top trips

Where Singac clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
190 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Singac25 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
22%

of Singac workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Singac quiets down on a workday

On a workday 2,014 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 894 people come in from elsewhere.

2,014live here, work elsewhere
37live and work here
894work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night4,200
Workday3,100
4,200live here− 2,000head out to work+ 890come in to work= 3,100on a workday

About 3,100 people are in Singac on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.45jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Singac commutes less than 10 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miNew York: 10% · 22.1 miLittle Falls: 6% · 1.5 miPaterson: 5% · 4.7 miWayne: 3% · 4.2 miNewark: 3% · 11.7 miParsippany-Troy Hills: 3% · 9.6 miTotowa: 3% · 1.8 miFairfield: 3% · 3.2 miClifton: 3% · 4.6 miParamus: 2% · 10 miNew York 10%Little Falls 6%Paterson 5%Wayne 3%Newark 3%Singac
SingacTop destinations (size = commuters)
48%Under 10 mi984 residents
42%10–24 mi850 residents
6%25–50 mi121 residents
4%Over 50 mi89 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 931 jobs in Singac are

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

Jobs based in SingacJobs Singac residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms16%12%
Trade, transport & utilities12%20%
Services: health, schools, offices72%68%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%20%
Over $3,333 a month55%68%

Who does it

29 or younger22%17%
30 to 5449%54%
55 and older29%29%
−0%

Jobs based in Singac, 2013 → 2023: 934 → 931. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Singac and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Little Falls (6%). Darker towns draw more of Singac’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Singac25 min
Little Falls26 min
Wayne29 min
North Caldwell30 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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