Photo: Jared Kofsky/PlaceNJ.com · CC BY-SA 3.0Haledon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 7.9 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. 1,364 jobs are based in Haledon, and 4,361 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Haledon are B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Haledon, in brief
Commutes from Haledon 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 ↓
Haledon empties out on a workday
About 6,100 people are in Haledon on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 9,100 who live here: 4,200 head out to work and 1,200 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Haledon’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Haledon is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #302 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Haledon’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, 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, Haledon could be anywhere from B− to A.
Haledon’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haledon workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,201 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who commutes out of Haledon, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,233 residents head out to work, 128 work right here, and 1,236 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Haledon on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Paterson
Where Haledon clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
What Haledon’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haledon, 2013 → 2023: 1,259 → 1,364. 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 Haledon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Haledon works
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.
Haledon is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Haledon is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #207 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,583 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, >99% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 8.9% of Haledon households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Haledon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Haledon places 1,076th of 2,855 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,074 | Gateway AK | 6,845 | $138K | 4.5% | 3.8% | — | B+ |
| 1,075 | Satellite Beach FL | 11,365 | $119K | 4.1% | 5.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,076 | Haledon NJ | 9,125 | $96K | 8.5% | 6.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,077 | Cazenovia NY | 6,641 | $108K | 3.3% | 4.9% | 18% | B+ |
| 1,078 | Waihee-Waiehu HI | 10,988 | $127K | 6.0% | 4.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Haledon, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work next door: 17% of Haledon’s workers
The biggest share goes to Paterson (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Haledon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haledon | – | B+ | A | 25 min | $95,870 |
| Paterson | 9% | C | A+ | 23 min | $55,997 |
| Wayne Township | 6% | A | A | 29 min | $153,056 |
| Prospect Park | under 2% | C− | A | 23 min | $53,125 |
| Preakness | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Totowa | 2% | A+ | A− | 25 min | $113,563 |
| North Haledon | under 2% | A | A− | 31 min | $125,313 |
| William Paterson University of New Jersey | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Preakness and William Paterson University of New Jersey: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Haledon’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 Haledon: questions
What is the median household income in Haledon?
$95,870 (±$15,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haledon?
8.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haledon?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haledon work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paterson (9%, 2 mi), New York City (7%, 23 mi), Wayne Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Haledon walkable?
Haledon is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haledon without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. >99% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haledon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haledon
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.