Work & commute · Weehawken

Work & commute in Weehawken, NJ

Most working residents leave Weehawken for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (48%), Jersey City (5%) and Hoboken (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

416 of 8,634 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,218 Weehawken residents head out of town to work, 416 work right here, and 6,099 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weehawken.

8,218live here, work elsewhere

416live and work here

6,099work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weehawken goes to work

New York, NY8.4 mi away

48%4,108

Jersey City4.7 mi away

5%434

Weehawken (in town)right here

5%416

Hoboken1.7 mi away

3%247

Newark8.7 mi away

2%194

Secaucus2.8 mi away

2%189

Union City0.8 mi away

2%150

West New York1.3 mi away

1%91

North Bergen1.8 mi away

1%88

Parsippany-Troy Hills22.2 mi away

1%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,637

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

How far

How far Weehawken commutes

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

77%

13%

77%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weehawken is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weehawken are

6,515 jobs are based in Weehawken. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Weehawken’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Weehawken

6,515 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Weehawken residents hold

8,634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+9%

Jobs based in Weehawken, 2013 → 2023: 5,995 → 6,515. 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.