Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Moonachie has 5.0 jobs per working resident, and 6,953 people come in to work
7% of workers work from home, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. There are 7,035 jobs in Moonachie; 1,409 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in Moonachie itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (16%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Moonachie, in brief
Moonachie fills up on a workday
Moonachie has 7,035 jobs, 5.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 8,800 people are in town, more than double the 3,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Moonachie draws workers from far and wide
The 7,035 jobs in Moonachie are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 33%; the other 66% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Moonachie are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Moonachie pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Moonachie pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Moonachie are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Moonachie’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moonachie is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #275 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Moonachie’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moonachie could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
How many people are in Moonachie by day
On a workday 1,327 residents head out to work and 82 work right here.
About 8,800 people are in Moonachie on a workday afternoon, 178% more 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.
Who travels to work in Moonachie, and from where
Where Moonachie clocks in
16% of workers
4% 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.
73% of the jobs in Moonachie pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moonachie, 2013 → 2023: 7,436 → 7,035. 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 Moonachie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Moonachie: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moonachie workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,415 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far Moonachie goes to work
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.
Moonachie is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,522 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, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 12.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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). 9.6% of Moonachie households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Moonachie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Moonachie is 1,037th among 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,035 | Lake Royale NC | 3,168 | $108K | 7.3% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 1,036 | New Baden IL | 3,378 | $81K | 7.4% | 2.6% | 5% | A− |
| 1,037 | Moonachie NJ | 3,153 | $90K | 7.4% | 5.3% | 6% | A− |
| 1,038 | Dunbarton NH | 3,233 | $124K | 3.0% | 4.8% | 5% | A− |
| 1,039 | East Hopewell Township PA | 2,555 | $109K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Moonachie, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns around Moonachie
The biggest share goes to Carlstadt (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moonachie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonachie | – | A− | A+ | 26 min | $90,260 |
| Little Ferry | 2% | B+ | A+ | 29 min | $85,750 |
| Wood-Ridge | under 2% | A | A+ | 33 min | $136,108 |
| Carlstadt | 3% | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $115,444 |
| South Hackensack Township | under 2% | B | A+ | 21 min | $84,527 |
| Hasbrouck Heights | under 2% | A | A+ | 30 min | $123,734 |
| Teterboro | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Teterboro: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moonachie’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 Moonachie: questions
What is the median household income in Moonachie?
$90,260 (±$27,756) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moonachie?
7.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moonachie?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moonachie work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (16%, 14 mi), Hackensack (4%, 3 mi), Carlstadt (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moonachie walkable?
Moonachie is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.9 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moonachie without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moonachie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moonachie
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.