Photo: File:Rea House.jpg: Lithium6ion derivative work: Georgfotoart · Public domainHawthorne has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns. Employers in Hawthorne report 5,753 jobs; 10,336 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Hawthorne are A 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
What the numbers say about work in Hawthorne
Commutes from Hawthorne 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 ↓
Hawthorne draws workers from far and wide
The 5,753 jobs in Hawthorne are filled from a wide area. Hawthorne’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Hawthorne’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hawthorne is New York City, NY, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (893) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
The four measures behind Hawthorne’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hawthorne is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #143 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Hawthorne’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, 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, Hawthorne could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Commuting from Hawthorne: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hawthorne workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,114 commuters (the 12% 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.
9% of working residents work in New York City
Where Hawthorne clocks in
9% 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.
Half of Hawthorne commutes less than 9 miles
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.
A workday in Hawthorne: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 9,659 residents head out to work, 677 work right here, and 5,076 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Hawthorne on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Hawthorne makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hawthorne, 2013 → 2023: 5,653 → 5,753. 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 Hawthorne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Hawthorne
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hawthorne is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #234 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.4% 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 10,341 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, 28% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 3.6% of Hawthorne households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Hawthorne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hawthorne next to U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000: 386th of 1,860 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 384 | South Pasadena CA | 25,503 | $127K | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5% | A |
| 385 | Norwalk IA | 15,004 | $103K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 9% | A |
| 386 | Hawthorne NJ | 20,169 | $110K | 4.0% | 5.1% | 7% | A |
| 387 | Wauconda Township IL | 23,521 | $112K | 5.3% | 3.6% | 9% | A |
| 388 | Maplewood Township NJ | 26,320 | $174K | 3.3% | 6.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Hawthorne, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door is work for 11% of Hawthorne
The biggest share goes to Paterson (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hawthorne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne | – | A | A | 25 min | $110,237 |
| North Haledon | under 2% | A | A− | 31 min | $125,313 |
| Paterson | 5% | C | A+ | 23 min | $55,997 |
| Glen Rock | under 2% | A | A+ | 37 min | $215,096 |
| Fair Lawn | 2% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $144,574 |
| Prospect Park | under 2% | C− | A | 23 min | $53,125 |
| Ridgewood | 2% | A+ | A+ | 35 min | $208,211 |
| Wyckoff Township | 2% | A | A | 33 min | $203,988 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hawthorne’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 Hawthorne: questions
What is the median household income in Hawthorne?
$110,237 (±$10,989) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hawthorne?
4.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hawthorne?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hawthorne work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (9%, 23 mi), Paterson (5%, 3 mi), Paramus (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hawthorne walkable?
Hawthorne is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hawthorne without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 28% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hawthorne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hawthorne
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.