Work & commute · Wanaque

Work & commute in Wanaque, NJ

Most working residents leave Wanaque for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Wayne (5%) and Paterson (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

282 of 5,886 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 5,604 Wanaque residents head out of town to work, 282 work right here, and 1,796 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wanaque.

5,604live here, work elsewhere

282live and work here

1,796work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wanaque goes to work

New York, NY32 mi away

7%394

Wanaque (in town)right here

5%282

Wayne7 mi away

5%282

Paterson11 mi away

3%166

Parsippany-Troy Hills14.5 mi away

3%160

Paramus13.2 mi away

2%137

Hackensack16.5 mi away

2%110

Newark22.8 mi away

2%108

Clifton14.1 mi away

2%105

Mahwah6.1 mi away

2%102

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%4,040

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

How far

How far Wanaque commutes

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

27%

51%

16%

27%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wanaque is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wanaque are

2,078 jobs are based in Wanaque. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wanaque’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wanaque

2,078 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Wanaque residents hold

5,886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+4%

Jobs based in Wanaque, 2013 → 2023: 1,992 → 2,078. 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.