Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes put Englewood Cliffs near the very top of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Englewood Cliffs A; getting around on foot earns it A+. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Below the poverty line: 5.2% of residents, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Englewood Cliffs, in brief
Englewood Cliffs fills up on a workday
Englewood Cliffs has 10,962 jobs, 4.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 14,000 people are in town, more than double the 5,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Englewood Cliffs workers cross into New York
31% of Englewood Cliffs workers work outside New Jersey, most of them in New York, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Englewood Cliffs pay over $40,000 a year
81% of the jobs based in Englewood Cliffs pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Englewood Cliffs draws workers from far and wide
The 10,962 jobs in Englewood Cliffs are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 28%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
38% of Englewood Cliffs works in New York City
894 working residents, 38%, have their main job in New York City, NY, 15 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Englewood Cliffs itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Englewood Cliffs
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Englewood Cliffs is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #102 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Englewood Cliffs’ grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Englewood Cliffs could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Englewood Cliffs on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,220 residents head out to work, 151 work right here, and 10,811 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Englewood Cliffs on a workday afternoon, 160% more than live here.
4.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Englewood Cliffs
Where Englewood Cliffs clocks in
38% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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 Englewood Cliffs, services account for most jobs
10,962 jobs are based in Englewood Cliffs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Englewood Cliffs, 2013 → 2023: 8,331 → 10,962. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Englewood Cliffs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Englewood Cliffs takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Englewood Cliffs workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,005 commuters (the 24% 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.
Englewood Cliffs’ commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Englewood Cliffs is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Englewood Cliffs is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #135 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Englewood Cliffs near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,637 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 73% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 1.1% of Englewood Cliffs households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Englewood Cliffs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Englewood Cliffs is 343rd of 3,541 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 341 | Portola Valley CA | 4,292 | $250K | 6.2% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| 342 | Barrington Hills IL | 4,086 | $205K | 8.2% | 3.0% | 1% | A |
| 343 | Englewood Cliffs NJ | 5,384 | $231K | 5.2% | 4.8% | 6% | A |
| 344 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| 345 | Foster RI | 4,628 | $114K | 4.7% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Englewood Cliffs, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
How Englewood Cliffs compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Fort Lee (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Englewood Cliffs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englewood Cliffs | – | A | A+ | 36 min | $230,611 |
| Englewood | 1% | B+ | A+ | 31 min | $102,571 |
| Fort Lee | 4% | A− | A+ | 35 min | $107,274 |
| Tenafly | under 1% | A | A+ | 40 min | $208,200 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Englewood Cliffs’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 2023, 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 Englewood Cliffs: questions
What is the median household income in Englewood Cliffs?
$230,611 (±$22,045) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Englewood Cliffs?
5.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Englewood Cliffs?
36 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Englewood Cliffs work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (38%, 15 mi), Fort Lee (4%, 3 mi), Jersey City (2%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Englewood Cliffs walkable?
Englewood Cliffs is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Englewood Cliffs without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Englewood Cliffs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Englewood Cliffs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.