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 4.0Wanaque has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Wanaque report 2,078 jobs, and 5,886 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Wanaque is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Wanaque, in brief
No single place dominates Wanaque’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 7% of working residents, and 69% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Wanaque residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Wanaque empties out on a workday
About 7,600 people are in Wanaque on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 11,000 who live here: 5,600 head out to work and 1,800 come in. Day and night ↓
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 figures behind Wanaque’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, 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, Wanaque could be anywhere from A− to A+.
7% of working residents work in New York City
Where Wanaque clocks in
7% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Wanaque
On a workday 5,604 residents head out to work, 282 work right here, and 1,796 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Wanaque on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The kinds of work in Wanaque
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wanaque, 2013 → 2023: 1,992 → 2,078. 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 Wanaque’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Wanaque spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wanaque workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,372 commuters (the 8% 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.
Wanaque’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Wanaque
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.9% 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 5,853 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 66% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 3.2% of Wanaque households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Wanaque’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wanaque is 453rd of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 21 | Oradell NJ | 8,293 | $221K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 451 | Glenn Dale MD | 13,772 | $134K | 2.0% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| 452 | La Palma CA | 14,907 | $118K | 5.0% | 3.9% | 2% | A |
| 453 | Wanaque NJ | 11,418 | $113K | 5.9% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 454 | Porter Township IN | 9,699 | $123K | 4.6% | 2.7% | 3% | A |
| 455 | Harwood Heights IL | 8,761 | $81K | 4.1% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Wanaque, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Wanaque
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wanaque workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wanaque | – | A | A− | 30 min | $113,175 |
| Ringwood | under 2% | A | B− | 32 min | $152,414 |
| Bloomingdale | under 2% | A− | A− | 29 min | $127,500 |
| Pompton Lakes | under 2% | A | A | 30 min | $124,454 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wanaque’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 Wanaque: questions
What is the median household income in Wanaque?
$113,175 (±$7,330) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wanaque?
5.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wanaque?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wanaque work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (7%, 32 mi), Wayne Township (5%, 7 mi), Paterson (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wanaque walkable?
Wanaque is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wanaque without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wanaque, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wanaque
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.