Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Wyckoff Township has higher household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. 3.1% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 9.7% for New Jersey as a whole. Wyckoff Township grades A for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wyckoff Township
Wyckoff Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wyckoff Township is New York City, NY, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (1,154) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Wyckoff Township
27% of Wyckoff Township workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Wyckoff Township
75% of Wyckoff Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 53% of the jobs based in Wyckoff Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Wyckoff Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,699 jobs in Wyckoff Township are filled from a wide area. Wyckoff Township’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 28%; the other 62% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Where Wyckoff Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wyckoff Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #77 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Wyckoff Township’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, 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, Wyckoff Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Near or far: the trip to work from Wyckoff Township
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.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wyckoff Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,662 commuters (the 27% 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.
Jobs in Wyckoff Township: what the 5,699 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wyckoff Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,909 → 5,699. 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 Wyckoff Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
15% of working residents work in New York City
Where Wyckoff Township clocks in
15% 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.
A workday in Wyckoff Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,970 residents head out to work, 594 work right here, and 5,105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Wyckoff Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Good to walk, short on transit: Wyckoff Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wyckoff Township is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #172 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Wyckoff Township 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 7,729 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 53% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 1.3% of Wyckoff Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 10% of Wyckoff Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Wyckoff Township is 201st among 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
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| 31 | East Greenwich Township NJ | 12,610 | $149K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 37 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 199 | Wolcott CT | 16,573 | $111K | 1.8% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| 200 | Harrison Township NJ | 14,043 | $166K | 4.8% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| 201 | Wyckoff Township NJ | 17,224 | $204K | 3.1% | 5.0% | 8% | A |
| 202 | Artondale WA | 14,073 | $149K | 2.0% | 2.7% | 2% | A |
| 203 | Brighton Township MI | 19,489 | $133K | 2.9% | 3.7% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Wyckoff Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Wyckoff Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Ridgewood (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wyckoff Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyckoff Township | – | A | A | 33 min | $203,988 |
| Mahwah Township | 2% | A | A | 28 min | $131,327 |
| Midland Park | under 2% | A | A | 28 min | $146,841 |
| Franklin Lakes | 2% | A+ | A | 37 min | $235,795 |
| Waldwick | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 27 min | $177,962 |
| Allendale | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 36 min | $160,162 |
| Ridgewood | 3% | A+ | A+ | 35 min | $208,211 |
| North Haledon | under 2% | A | A− | 31 min | $125,313 |
| Hawthorne | under 2% | A | A | 25 min | $110,237 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wyckoff Township’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 Wyckoff Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wyckoff Township?
$203,988 (±$20,759) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wyckoff Township?
3.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wyckoff Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wyckoff Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (15%, 26 mi), Paramus (4%, 6 mi), Ridgewood (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wyckoff Township walkable?
Wyckoff Township is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.6 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wyckoff Township without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wyckoff Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wyckoff Township
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.