Work & commute · Waldwick

Work & commute in Waldwick, NJ

Most working residents leave Waldwick for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Paramus (4%) and Ridgewood (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

404 of 5,109 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,705 Waldwick residents head out of town to work, 404 work right here, and 2,746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waldwick.

4,705live here, work elsewhere

404live and work here

2,746work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waldwick goes to work

New York, NY26.1 mi away

14%735

Waldwick (in town)right here

8%404

Paramus5.4 mi away

4%226

Ridgewood2.3 mi away

3%165

Hackensack9.5 mi away

3%143

Wyckoff2.5 mi away

2%116

Ramsey3.5 mi away

2%112

Mahwah5.6 mi away

2%107

Wayne7.8 mi away

2%91

Parsippany-Troy Hills18.8 mi away

2%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,920

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

How far

How far Waldwick commutes

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

46%

26%

21%

46%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waldwick is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waldwick are

3,150 jobs are based in Waldwick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waldwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waldwick

3,150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Waldwick residents hold

5,109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+19%

Jobs based in Waldwick, 2013 → 2023: 2,640 → 3,150. 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.