Photo: Cerebral726 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes put Glen Rock near the very top of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 1.3%; New Jersey has 9.7%. Measured by household income, Glen Rock is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Jobs and income earn Glen Rock A; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Glen Rock apart
A lot of Glen Rock works from home
33% of Glen Rock workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Glen Rock workers cross into New York
23% of Glen Rock workers work outside New Jersey, most of them in New York, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Glen Rock’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Glen Rock is New York City, NY, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (908) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Glen Rock workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Glen Rock workers earn over $40,000 a year
77% of Glen Rock’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Glen Rock
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glen Rock is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #93 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Glen Rock’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Glen Rock could be anywhere from A to A+.
Time on the road from Glen Rock: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Rock workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,735 commuters (the 33% 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.
19% of working residents work in New York City
Where Glen Rock clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
How far Glen Rock’s workers travel
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.
66% of the jobs in Glen Rock pay over $3,333 a month
3,560 jobs are based in Glen Rock.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Rock, 2014 → 2024: 3,016 → 3,560. 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 Glen Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Glen Rock on a workday
On a workday 4,578 residents head out to work, 288 work right here, and 3,272 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Glen Rock on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Glen Rock is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glen Rock is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #56 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Glen Rock 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 5,589 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 87% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 3.9% of Glen Rock households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 25% of Glen Rock’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Glen Rock ranks: 295th of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Franklin Lakes NJ | 11,180 | $236K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 293 | Buck Creek Township IN | 10,674 | $111K | 2.9% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| 294 | Solana Beach CA | 12,602 | $152K | 5.5% | 3.5% | 10% | A |
| 295 | Glen Rock NJ | 12,288 | $215K | 1.3% | 6.0% | 6% | A |
| 296 | New Hyde Park NY | 10,226 | $143K | 3.6% | 4.9% | 4% | A |
| 297 | Verona Township NJ | 15,107 | $162K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Glen Rock, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Glen Rock and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Ridgewood (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Glen Rock’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 Glen Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Rock?
$215,096 (±$18,218) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Rock?
1.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Rock?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Rock work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (19%, 23 mi), Paramus (5%, 3 mi), Ridgewood (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Glen Rock walkable?
Glen Rock is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 29% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glen Rock without a car?
25% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 15% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Rock
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.