Work & commute · West Caldwell

Work & commute in West Caldwell, NJ

Most working residents leave West Caldwell for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Newark (6%) and Fairfield (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

386 of 6,068 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,682 West Caldwell residents head out of town to work, 386 work right here, and 7,191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Caldwell.

5,682live here, work elsewhere

386live and work here

7,191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Caldwell goes to work

New York, NY22.6 mi away

14%843

West Caldwell (in town)right here

6%386

Newark10.6 mi away

6%345

Fairfield2.5 mi away

4%238

Parsippany-Troy Hills6.8 mi away

3%201

Livingston4.6 mi away

2%145

Montclair4.6 mi away

2%122

Roseland2 mi away

2%109

Morristown10.2 mi away

2%108

Caldwell1.1 mi away

2%102

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%3,469

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

How far

How far West Caldwell commutes

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

50%

40%

50%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Caldwell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Caldwell are

7,577 jobs are based in West Caldwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Caldwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Caldwell

7,577 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs West Caldwell residents hold

6,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−13%

Jobs based in West Caldwell, 2013 → 2023: 8,675 → 7,577. 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.