City Commute Profile
Jersey City, NJ
Where Jersey City’s 148,142 resident workers go each day — 17.4% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is New York.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
These figures are for Jersey City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Jersey City commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
Jersey City
148,142 commutes, one dot at a time
Jersey City
Where 148,142 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Jersey City, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Jersey City.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Jersey City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Jersey City city profile
Who lives in Jersey City — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
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