Work & commute · Wallington

Work & commute in Wallington, NJ

Most working residents leave Wallington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Newark (4%) and Hackensack (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

204 of 5,480 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 5,276 Wallington residents head out of town to work, 204 work right here, and 1,610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wallington.

5,276live here, work elsewhere

204live and work here

1,610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wallington goes to work

New York, NY15.8 mi away

14%781

Wallington (in town)right here

4%204

Newark9.6 mi away

4%197

Hackensack4 mi away

3%190

Clifton2.9 mi away

3%175

Jersey City10 mi away

3%151

Paterson5.2 mi away

3%146

Paramus6.8 mi away

3%143

Passaic1.2 mi away

2%130

Garfield1.8 mi away

2%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%3,253

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

How far

How far Wallington commutes

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

55%

33%

55%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wallington is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wallington are

1,814 jobs are based in Wallington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wallington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wallington

1,814 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Wallington residents hold

5,480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−15%

Jobs based in Wallington, 2013 → 2023: 2,124 → 1,814. 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.