Work & commute · Tenafly

Work & commute in Tenafly, NJ

Most working residents leave Tenafly for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (36%), Englewood (3%) and Englewood Cliffs (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

323 of 6,525 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,202 Tenafly residents head out of town to work, 323 work right here, and 3,333 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tenafly.

6,202live here, work elsewhere

323live and work here

3,333work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tenafly goes to work

New York, NY17.7 mi away

36%2,359

Tenafly (in town)right here

5%323

Englewood2.2 mi away

3%225

Englewood Cliffs2.3 mi away

2%140

Hackensack5.4 mi away

2%132

Jersey City15.5 mi away

2%118

Paramus6.6 mi away

2%107

Fort Lee4.8 mi away

1%93

Newark17.7 mi away

1%90

Teaneck3.7 mi away

1%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,850

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

How far

How far Tenafly commutes

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

32%

54%

32%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tenafly is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tenafly are

3,656 jobs are based in Tenafly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tenafly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tenafly

3,656 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Tenafly residents hold

6,525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+2%

Jobs based in Tenafly, 2013 → 2023: 3,588 → 3,656. 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.