Work & commute · West Orange

Work & commute in West Orange, NJ

Most working residents leave West Orange for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (18%), Newark (8%) and Livingston (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,467 of 22,119 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,652 West Orange residents head out of town to work, 1,467 work right here, and 11,968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Orange.

20,652live here, work elsewhere

1,467live and work here

11,968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Orange goes to work

New York, NY19.1 mi away

18%3,873

Newark6.4 mi away

8%1,770

West Orange (in town)right here

7%1,467

Livingston3.4 mi away

3%741

Jersey City11.7 mi away

3%740

Parsippany-Troy Hills9.7 mi away

2%470

Montclair3.9 mi away

2%453

East Orange3.1 mi away

2%341

Elizabeth9.1 mi away

1%300

Morristown11.1 mi away

1%283

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%11,681

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

How far

How far West Orange commutes

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

47%

42%

47%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Orange is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Orange are

13,435 jobs are based in West Orange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Orange’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Orange

13,435 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs West Orange residents hold

22,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−1%

Jobs based in West Orange, 2013 → 2023: 13,531 → 13,435. 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.