Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Carlstadt has 3.6 jobs for every working resident: 11,094 people commute in to work
Home is the office for 9% of workers; New Jersey has 17%. Employers in Carlstadt report 11,322 jobs; 3,128 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Carlstadt: the figures worth knowing
Carlstadt fills up on a workday
Carlstadt has 11,322 jobs, 3.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 15,000 people are in town, more than double the 6,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Carlstadt draws workers from far and wide
The 11,322 jobs in Carlstadt are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 32%; the other 66% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Carlstadt are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Carlstadt are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Carlstadt pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Carlstadt pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Carlstadt’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carlstadt is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #306 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Carlstadt’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carlstadt could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Carlstadt
On a workday 2,900 residents head out to work and 228 work right here.
About 15,000 people are in Carlstadt on a workday afternoon, 128% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Carlstadt’s workers come from
Where Carlstadt clocks in
16% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Carlstadt, 30% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carlstadt, 2014 → 2024: 12,313 → 11,322. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carlstadt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Carlstadt’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carlstadt workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,174 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Carlstadt
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Carlstadt is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,497 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 21.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of Carlstadt households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Carlstadt’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700, Carlstadt ranks 1,120th of 3,306 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,118 | Walkertown NC | 6,120 | $83K | 10.8% | 2.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,119 | King City OR | 5,044 | $64K | 8.7% | 2.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,120 | Carlstadt NJ | 6,410 | $115K | 9.0% | 7.5% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,121 | Royersford PA | 4,888 | $75K | 12.5% | 2.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,122 | Center Township PA | 7,778 | $91K | 6.1% | 3.2% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Carlstadt, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Carlstadt: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to East Rutherford (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carlstadt workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlstadt | – | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $115,444 |
| Wood-Ridge | under 2% | A | A+ | 33 min | $136,108 |
| East Rutherford | 3% | A− | A+ | 28 min | $97,993 |
| Moonachie | 2% | A− | A+ | 26 min | $90,260 |
| North Bergen Township | under 2% | B | A+ | 33 min | $78,911 |
| Ridgefield | under 2% | A | A+ | 32 min | $118,059 |
| South Hackensack Township | under 2% | B | A+ | 21 min | $84,527 |
| Secaucus | 3% | A | A+ | 33 min | $139,821 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carlstadt’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Carlstadt: questions
What is the median household income in Carlstadt?
$115,444 (±$38,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carlstadt?
9.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carlstadt?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carlstadt work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (16%, 13 mi), East Rutherford (3%, 1 mi), Jersey City (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Carlstadt walkable?
Carlstadt is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.4 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carlstadt without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carlstadt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carlstadt
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.