Work & commute · South Hackensack

Work & commute in South Hackensack, NJ

Most working residents leave South Hackensack for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Hackensack (9%) and Teterboro (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,287 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,251 South Hackensack residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 5,809 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Hackensack.

1,251live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

5,809work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Hackensack goes to work

New York, NY15 mi away

17%217

Hackensack1.8 mi away

9%115

Teterboro0.9 mi away

3%45

South Hackensack (in town)right here

3%36

Secaucus5.7 mi away

3%35

Jersey City10.6 mi away

3%35

Paramus5.9 mi away

3%34

Englewood4.3 mi away

2%24

Clifton5.9 mi away

2%20

Newark11.7 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%706

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

How far

How far South Hackensack commutes

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

52%

37%

52%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Hackensack is a job hub

4.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Hackensack are

5,845 jobs are based in South Hackensack. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Hackensack’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Hackensack

5,845 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs South Hackensack residents hold

1,287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+24%

Jobs based in South Hackensack, 2013 → 2023: 4,707 → 5,845. 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.