Photo: Pvjoeb joe b · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Totowa has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 12,236 people come in to work
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. There are 12,710 jobs in Totowa, against 6,055 working residents. Jobs and income earn Totowa A+; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Totowa: the figures worth knowing
Totowa is where the jobs are
Totowa has 12,710 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 18,000 people are in town, 60% more than the 11,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Totowa draws workers from far and wide
The 12,710 jobs in Totowa are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 30%; the other 66% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
No single place dominates Totowa’s commute
The biggest draw, Paterson, gets only 8% of working residents, and 57% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Totowa residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Totowa 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 ↓
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.
Where Totowa’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Totowa is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #50 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 (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Totowa could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Totowa
On a workday 5,581 residents head out to work and 474 work right here.
About 18,000 people are in Totowa on a workday afternoon, 60% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Totowa, and from where
Where Totowa clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Totowa takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Totowa workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,366 commuters (the 16% 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.
Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Totowa
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Totowa, 2014 → 2024: 11,463 → 12,710. 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 Totowa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Totowa’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Totowa is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Totowa is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #288 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% 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 5,200 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, 46% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 3.8% of Totowa households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Totowa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Totowa ranks 141st of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 21 | Oradell NJ | 8,293 | $221K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Evergreen CO | 8,602 | $150K | 3.3% | 1.1% | 9% | A+ |
| 140 | Wyndham VA | 12,099 | $235K | 1.2% | 3.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 141 | Totowa NJ | 11,166 | $114K | 4.1% | 3.0% | 8% | A+ |
| 142 | Babylon NY | 12,281 | $141K | 3.5% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| 143 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Totowa, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work next door: 15% of Totowa’s workers
The biggest share goes to Paterson (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Totowa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totowa | – | A+ | A− | 25 min | $113,563 |
| Wayne Township | 5% | A | A | 29 min | $153,056 |
| Woodland Park | under 2% | A− | A | 23 min | $98,845 |
| Little Falls Township | 2% | A | A+ | 26 min | $123,307 |
| Haledon | under 2% | B+ | A | 25 min | $95,870 |
| Paterson | 8% | C | A+ | 23 min | $55,997 |
| Preakness | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Preakness: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Totowa’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 Totowa: questions
What is the median household income in Totowa?
$113,563 (±$14,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Totowa?
4.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Totowa?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Totowa work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paterson (8%, 3 mi), New York City (8%, 22 mi), Wayne Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Totowa walkable?
Totowa is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 15.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Totowa without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 46% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Totowa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Totowa
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.