Work & commute · Westwood

Work & commute in Westwood, NJ

Most working residents leave Westwood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (19%), Paramus (4%) and Hackensack (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

265 of 5,598 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,333 Westwood residents head out of town to work, 265 work right here, and 3,379 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westwood.

5,333live here, work elsewhere

265live and work here

3,379work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westwood goes to work

New York, NY23.1 mi away

19%1,042

Westwood (in town)right here

5%265

Paramus3.5 mi away

4%242

Hackensack6.9 mi away

3%188

Montvale4.6 mi away

2%99

Orangetown, NY6.2 mi away

2%96

Hillsdale1.4 mi away

2%91

Jersey City19.3 mi away

2%90

Ridgewood4.3 mi away

2%88

Emerson1.1 mi away

1%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%3,320

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

How far

How far Westwood commutes

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

46%

42%

46%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westwood is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westwood are

3,644 jobs are based in Westwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westwood

3,644 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Westwood residents hold

5,598 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

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Jobs based in Westwood, 2013 → 2023: 3,650 → 3,644. 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.