Photo: Alansohn · CC BY-SA 4.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Oradell’s
Oradell grades A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Oradell is among the highest-earning towns in the country. 3.6% of residents are in poverty, against 9.7% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oradell, in a few figures
A lot of Oradell works from home
37% of Oradell workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Oradell workers earn over $40,000 a year
77% of Oradell’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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Oradell
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oradell is among the top U.S. towns, #9 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car is its strongest input (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oradell stays A+.
About 32 minutes to work from Oradell
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oradell workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,621 commuters (the 37% 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.
67% of the jobs in Oradell pay over $3,333 a month
2,527 jobs are based in Oradell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oradell, 2013 → 2023: 2,972 → 2,527. 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 Oradell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Oradell
On a workday 4,009 residents head out to work, 153 work right here, and 2,374 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Oradell on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.61 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 2023, primary jobs.
27% of working residents work in New York City
Where Oradell clocks in
27% of workers
5% 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.
Half of Oradell commutes less than 14 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.
Oradell is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oradell is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #130 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Oradell 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 4,133 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 86% 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 8.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 2.4% of Oradell households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Oradell’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oradell is 31st of 3,012 U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,200 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% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Long Branch VA | 7,034 | $185K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 30 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | Oradell NJ | 8,293 | $221K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| 32 | Franklin Lakes NJ | 11,180 | $236K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 5% | A+ |
| 33 | Lincoln MA | 6,925 | $175K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | 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 Oradell, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Oradell
The biggest share goes to Paramus (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oradell workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oradell | – | A+ | A+ | 32 min | $221,322 |
| New Milford | under 2% | A− | A+ | 29 min | $114,889 |
| Emerson | under 2% | A | A+ | 31 min | $155,536 |
| Haworth | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 35 min | $236,765 |
| Paramus | 5% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $144,349 |
| River Edge | under 2% | A | A+ | 35 min | $159,028 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oradell’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 15% of Oradell workers work outside New Jersey. The job records count 27% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Oradell: questions
What is the median household income in Oradell?
$221,322 (±$16,913) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oradell?
3.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oradell?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oradell work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (27%, 21 mi), Paramus (5%, 2 mi), Hackensack (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oradell walkable?
Oradell is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.4 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oradell without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 28% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oradell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oradell
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.