Work & commute · Upper Saddle River

Work & commute in Upper Saddle River, NJ

Most working residents leave Upper Saddle River for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Paramus (4%) and Ramsey (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

133 of 3,620 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,487 Upper Saddle River residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 2,806 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Saddle River.

3,487live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

2,806work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Saddle River goes to work

New York, NY28.9 mi away

17%620

Paramus8.2 mi away

4%137

Upper Saddle River (in town)right here

4%133

Ramsey2.5 mi away

3%112

Hackensack12.3 mi away

3%109

Jersey City24.4 mi away

2%82

Montvale2.8 mi away

2%72

Paterson10.8 mi away

2%68

Mahwah4.5 mi away

2%65

Newark23.7 mi away

2%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,161

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

How far

How far Upper Saddle River commutes

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

31%

34%

28%

31%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Saddle River is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Saddle River are

2,939 jobs are based in Upper Saddle River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Saddle River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Saddle River

2,939 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Upper Saddle River residents hold

3,620 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

−33%

Jobs based in Upper Saddle River, 2013 → 2023: 4,410 → 2,939. 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.