Work & commute · Totowa

Work & commute in Totowa, NJ

Most working residents leave Totowa for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Paterson (8%), New York (8%) and Wayne (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

497 of 5,818 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,321 Totowa residents head out of town to work, 497 work right here, and 12,572 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Totowa.

5,321live here, work elsewhere

497live and work here

12,572work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Totowa goes to work

Totowa (in town)right here

9%497

Paterson3.1 mi away

8%462

New York, NY22.2 mi away

8%450

Wayne3.2 mi away

5%307

Clifton4.2 mi away

4%218

Newark12.6 mi away

3%196

Fairfield4.7 mi away

2%121

Parsippany-Troy Hills11.1 mi away

2%113

Paramus8.4 mi away

2%106

Little Falls1.9 mi away

2%102

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%3,246

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

How far

How far Totowa commutes

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

54%

35%

54%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Totowa is a job hub

2.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Totowa are

13,069 jobs are based in Totowa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Totowa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Totowa

13,069 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Totowa residents hold

5,818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+11%

Jobs based in Totowa, 2013 → 2023: 11,808 → 13,069. 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.