Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Midland Park are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 2.8% of residents, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. For jobs and income Midland Park is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (A). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Midland Park in brief
Midland Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Midland Park is New York City, NY, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (471) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Three in four Midland Park workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Midland Park’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’s behind Midland Park’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Midland Park’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.2%, 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, Midland Park could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Short hops and long hauls from Midland Park
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.
65% of the jobs in Midland Park pay over $3,333 a month
2,793 jobs are based in Midland Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Midland Park, 2014 → 2024: 3,247 → 2,793. 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 Midland Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Midland Park quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,343 residents head out to work, 203 work right here, and 2,590 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Midland Park on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in New York City
Where Midland Park clocks in
13% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Midland Park’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Midland Park workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,791 commuters (the 20% 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.
Midland Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,487 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 80% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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). 7.4% of Midland Park households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Midland Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Midland Park is 531st of 3,227 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 529 | Armada Township MI | 5,384 | $106K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| 530 | Blendon Township MI | 7,629 | $95K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 7% | A |
| 531 | Midland Park NJ | 7,039 | $147K | 2.8% | 7.2% | 6% | A |
| 532 | Mount Arlington NJ | 5,985 | $92K | 4.9% | 3.2% | 4% | A |
| 533 | Kingston NH | 6,288 | $105K | 2.1% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | 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 Midland Park, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Midland Park
The biggest share goes to Ridgewood (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Midland Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Park | – | A | A | 28 min | $146,841 |
| Wyckoff Township | 3% | A | A | 33 min | $203,988 |
| Ridgewood | 4% | A+ | A+ | 35 min | $208,211 |
| Waldwick | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 27 min | $177,962 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Midland Park’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 Midland Park: questions
What is the median household income in Midland Park?
$146,841 (±$25,521) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Midland Park?
2.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Midland Park?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Midland Park work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (13%, 25 mi), Paramus (6%, 5 mi), Ridgewood (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Midland Park walkable?
Midland Park is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.4 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Midland Park without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Midland Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Midland Park
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.