Work and Jobs in Irvington, New Jersey (NJ) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
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The most common industries in Irvington are: Health care (16.0% of civilian employees), Educational services (5.9% of civilian employees), Finance & insurance (5.8% of civilian employees). 73.2% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 3.5% greater than the rate of 70.6% across the entire state of New Jersey.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
Health care | 16.0% (4,156) | 6.4% (776) | 24.2% (3,380) |
Educational services | 5.9% (1,546) | 4.4% (531) | 7.3% (1,015) |
Finance and insurance | 5.8% (1,505) | 3.2% (380) | 8.1% (1,125) |
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 5.1% (1,326) | 8.0% (970) | 2.6% (356) |
Accommodation and food services | 4.8% (1,257) | 4.3% (513) | 5.3% (744) |
Public administration | 4.8% (1,253) | 4.6% (552) | 5.0% (701) |
Administrative and support and waste management services | 3.8% (991) | 4.9% (589) | 2.9% (402) |
Social assistance | 3.5% (903) | 1.1% (137) | 5.5% (766) |
Broadcasting and telecommunications | 3.4% (894) | 3.2% (386) | 3.6% (508) |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 3.4% (889) | 3.3% (402) | 3.5% (487) |
Construction | 3.1% (801) | 6.1% (741) | 0.4% (60) |
U. S. Postal service | 2.8% (736) | 3.4% (412) | 2.3% (324) |
Chemicals | 2.5% (645) | 3.2% (388) | 1.8% (257) |
Truck transportation | 2.1% (535) | 3.8% (459) | 0.5% (76) |
Department and other general merchandise stores | 2.0% (513) | 1.6% (191) | 2.3% (322) |
Food and beverage stores | 1.8% (461) | 1.8% (214) | 1.8% (247) |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1.8% (456) | 2.5% (305) | 1.1% (151) |
Personal and laundry services | 1.7% (430) | 1.6% (197) | 1.7% (233) |
Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1.6% (409) | 1.8% (216) | 1.4% (193) |
Metal and metal products | 1.4% (377) | 2.0% (247) | 0.9% (130) |
Repair and maintenance | 1.4% (355) | 2.6% (309) | 0.3% (46) |
Air transportation | 1.4% (352) | 2.2% (264) | 0.6% (88) |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 0.9% (241) | 0.9% (105) | 1.0% (136) |
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.9% (236) | 1.2% (142) | 0.7% (94) |
Machinery | 0.8% (221) | 1.0% (120) | 0.7% (101) |
Transportation equipment | 0.8% (216) | 1.3% (153) | 0.5% (63) |
Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.8% (210) | 0.7% (88) | 0.9% (122) |
Other direct selling establishments | 0.7% (183) | 0.7% (86) | 0.7% (97) |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 0.7% (179) | 0.6% (71) | 0.8% (108) |
Printing and related support activities | 0.7% (175) | 1.0% (120) | 0.4% (55) |
Computer and electronic products | 0.6% (168) | 0.6% (74) | 0.7% (94) |
Utilities | 0.6% (156) | 0.8% (98) | 0.4% (58) |
Food | 0.6% (151) | 0.7% (90) | 0.4% (61) |
Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.6% (150) | 0.5% (57) | 0.7% (93) |
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.6% (147) | 0.4% (45) | 0.7% (102) |
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 0.5% (136) | 0.8% (95) | 0.3% (41) |
Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (132) | 0.9% (108) | 0.2% (24) |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 0.5% (132) | 1.0% (124) | 0.1% (8) |
Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.5% (131) | 0.9% (104) | 0.2% (27) |
Private households | 0.5% (122) | 0.0% (0) | 0.9% (122) |
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.5% (122) | 0.6% (72) | 0.4% (50) |
Rail transportation | 0.5% (122) | 0.4% (50) | 0.5% (72) |
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (118) | 0.2% (27) | 0.7% (91) |
Paper | 0.4% (111) | 0.5% (66) | 0.3% (45) |
Plastics and rubber products | 0.4% (106) | 0.5% (58) | 0.3% (48) |
Apparel, fabrics, and notions merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (100) | 0.2% (28) | 0.5% (72) |
Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (99) | 0.4% (43) | 0.4% (56) |
Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (93) | 0.3% (36) | 0.4% (57) |
Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.3% (90) | 0.5% (58) | 0.2% (32) |
Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.3% (80) | 0.4% (43) | 0.3% (37) |
Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.3% (79) | 0.5% (60) | 0.1% (19) |
Apparel | 0.3% (75) | 0.2% (22) | 0.4% (53) |
Warehousing and storage | 0.3% (73) | 0.5% (62) | 0.1% (11) |
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (66) | 0.4% (54) | 0.1% (12) |
Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (59) | 0.2% (25) | 0.2% (34) |
Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.2% (57) | 0.5% (57) | 0.0% (0) |
Health and personal care, except drug, stores | 0.2% (56) | 0.1% (14) | 0.3% (42) |
Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.2% (53) | 0.2% (27) | 0.2% (26) |
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 0.2% (50) | 0.2% (19) | 0.2% (31) |
Gasoline stations | 0.2% (49) | 0.3% (42) | 0.1% (7) |
Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (49) | 0.3% (40) | 0.1% (9) |
Beverage and tobacco products | 0.2% (46) | 0.4% (46) | 0.0% (0) |
Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (39) | 0.2% (22) | 0.1% (17) |
Textile mills and textile products | 0.1% (39) | 0.0% (6) | 0.2% (33) |
Recyclable material merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (38) | 0.3% (38) | 0.0% (0) |
Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores | 0.1% (34) | 0.3% (34) | 0.0% (0) |
Book stores and news dealers | 0.1% (32) | 0.0% (0) | 0.2% (32) |
Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores | 0.1% (28) | 0.2% (20) | 0.1% (8) |
Vending machine operators | 0.1% (21) | 0.2% (21) | 0.0% (0) |
Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (18) | 0.1% (18) | 0.0% (0) |
Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (17) | 0.1% (17) | 0.0% (0) |
Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (14) | 0.1% (14) | 0.0% (0) |
Retail florists | 0.0% (13) | 0.1% (13) | 0.0% (0) |
Unemployment in Irvington
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 10.7%Males
- 3.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 14.9%Males
- 10.5%Females
- Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
- 10.5%Males
- Unemployment rate for Asian residents
- 21.0%Males
- 7.9%Females
- Unemployment rate for other race residents
- 12.8%Males
- 10.1%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 13.5%Males
- 19.5%Females
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 16.8%Males
- 17.9%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
Irvington: | 3.6% (906) |
New Jersey: | 2.4% (92,776) |
5:30am:
Irvington: | 3.1% (776) |
New Jersey: | 2.1% (83,147) |
6am:
Irvington: | 3.8% (972) |
New Jersey: | 3.2% (124,191) |
6:30am:
Irvington: | 9.4% (2,385) |
New Jersey: | 7.7% (297,494) |
7am:
Irvington: | 9.1% (2,316) |
New Jersey: | 9.5% (369,088) |
7:30am:
Irvington: | 15.1% (3,828) |
New Jersey: | 14.4% (558,435) |
8am:
Irvington: | 12.4% (3,159) |
New Jersey: | 15.3% (592,839) |
8:30am:
Irvington: | 12.1% (3,074) |
New Jersey: | 14.0% (541,137) |
9am:
Irvington: | 4.7% (1,187) |
New Jersey: | 7.6% (295,834) |
10am:
Irvington: | 4.2% (1,063) |
New Jersey: | 6.4% (246,745) |
11am:
Irvington: | 1.6% (408) |
New Jersey: | 2.4% (92,391) |
12pm:
Irvington: | 1.3% (319) |
New Jersey: | 1.1% (43,997) |
4pm:
Irvington: | 9.1% (2,314) |
New Jersey: | 5.5% (213,079) |
>4pm:
Irvington: | 9.5% (2,412) |
New Jersey: | 5.6% (218,724) |
Travel time to work
Daytime population change due to commuting: -15,349 (-25.3%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 1,953 (7.7%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 1,953 (7.7%)
Less than 5 minutes:
Irvington: | 0.8% (214) |
New Jersey: | 2.6% (99,241) |
5 to 9 minutes:
Irvington: | 2.8% (701) |
New Jersey: | 9.0% (347,598) |
10 to 14 minutes:
Irvington: | 7.8% (1,973) |
New Jersey: | 12.5% (482,988) |
15 to 19 minutes:
Irvington: | 13.2% (3,361) |
New Jersey: | 13.2% (510,571) |
20 to 24 minutes:
Irvington: | 16.1% (4,092) |
New Jersey: | 12.8% (497,467) |
25 to 29 minutes:
Irvington: | 6.0% (1,526) |
New Jersey: | 5.4% (210,226) |
30 to 34 minutes:
Irvington: | 21.4% (5,424) |
New Jersey: | 12.7% (492,539) |
35 to 39 minutes:
Irvington: | 2.0% (515) |
New Jersey: | 2.8% (109,571) |
40 to 44 minutes:
Irvington: | 3.4% (875) |
New Jersey: | 4.0% (156,148) |
45 to 59 minutes:
Irvington: | 11.5% (2,917) |
New Jersey: | 9.1% (352,609) |
60 to 89 minutes:
Irvington: | 7.7% (1,950) |
New Jersey: | 8.7% (335,777) |
90 or more minutes:
Irvington: | 6.2% (1,571) |
New Jersey: | 4.5% (175,142) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
Irvington: | 58.4% (14,836) |
New Jersey: | 73.0% (2,828,303) |
Carpooled:
Irvington: | 14.7% (3,741) |
New Jersey: | 10.6% (412,299) |
Bus or trolley bus:
Irvington: | 19.5% (4,946) |
New Jersey: | 5.5% (213,067) |
Streetcar or trolley car:
Irvington: | 0.0% (5) |
New Jersey: | 0.0% (1,521) |
Subway or elevated:
Irvington: | 1.1% (292) |
New Jersey: | 1.3% (50,279) |
Railroad:
Irvington: | 1.3% (335) |
New Jersey: | 2.4% (93,864) |
Taxicab:
Irvington: | 0.5% (118) |
New Jersey: | 0.2% (7,879) |
Bicycle:
Irvington: | 0.0% (9) |
New Jersey: | 0.2% (9,142) |
Walked:
Irvington: | 2.6% (667) |
New Jersey: | 3.1% (121,305) |
Other means:
Irvington: | 0.7% (170) |
New Jersey: | 0.7% (25,484) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
Irvington: | 79.9% (14,836) |
New Jersey: | 87.3% (2,828,303) |
In 2 person carpool:
Irvington: | 15.0% (2,780) |
New Jersey: | 9.6% (311,146) |
In 3 person carpool:
Irvington: | 2.5% (466) |
New Jersey: | 1.7% (55,192) |
In 4 person carpool:
Irvington: | 1.4% (260) |
New Jersey: | 0.7% (21,516) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
Irvington: | 0.7% (129) |
New Jersey: | 0.4% (12,963) |
In 7+ person carpool:
Irvington: | 0.6% (106) |
New Jersey: | 0.4% (11,482) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
Irvington: | 73.2% (19,032) |
New Jersey: | 70.6% (2,789,718) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Irvington: | 0.9% (244) |
New Jersey: | 3.8% (149,548) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Irvington: | 5.7% (1,491) |
New Jersey: | 6.4% (254,203) |
Local government workers:
Irvington: | 7.3% (1,886) |
New Jersey: | 7.9% (311,080) |
State government workers:
Irvington: | 5.8% (1,503) |
New Jersey: | 3.8% (151,067) |
Federal government workers:
Irvington: | 4.4% (1,142) |
New Jersey: | 2.2% (88,294) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Irvington: | 2.7% (698) |
New Jersey: | 5.0% (197,664) |
Unpaid family workers:
Irvington: | 0.0% (12) |
New Jersey: | 0.2% (8,455) |
Employee of private company - Males:
Irvington: | 76.1% (9,173) |
New Jersey: | 72.1% (1,513,771) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
Irvington: | 1.7% (201) |
New Jersey: | 5.5% (115,635) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Irvington: | 3.6% (435) |
New Jersey: | 3.9% (82,116) |
Local government workers - Males:
Irvington: | 7.0% (845) |
New Jersey: | 6.3% (131,844) |
State government workers - Males:
Irvington: | 4.3% (518) |
New Jersey: | 3.2% (68,111) |
Federal government workers - Males:
Irvington: | 4.1% (495) |
New Jersey: | 2.6% (53,792) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Irvington: | 3.2% (382) |
New Jersey: | 6.2% (130,204) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
Irvington: | 0.0% (5) |
New Jersey: | 0.2% (3,384) |
Employee of private company - Females:
Irvington: | 70.7% (9,859) |
New Jersey: | 68.9% (1,275,947) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
Irvington: | 0.3% (43) |
New Jersey: | 1.8% (33,913) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Irvington: | 7.6% (1,056) |
New Jersey: | 9.3% (172,087) |
Local government workers - Females:
Irvington: | 7.5% (1,041) |
New Jersey: | 9.7% (179,236) |
State government workers - Females:
Irvington: | 7.1% (985) |
New Jersey: | 4.5% (82,956) |
Federal government workers - Females:
Irvington: | 4.6% (647) |
New Jersey: | 1.9% (34,502) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Irvington: | 2.3% (316) |
New Jersey: | 3.6% (67,460) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
Irvington: | 0.1% (7) |
New Jersey: | 0.3% (5,071) |