Work & commute · Asbury Park

Work & commute in Asbury Park, NJ

Most working residents leave Asbury Park for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Neptune (7%), New York (5%) and Wall (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

680 of 6,347 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,667 Asbury Park residents head out of town to work, 680 work right here, and 4,383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Asbury Park.

5,667live here, work elsewhere

680live and work here

4,383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Asbury Park goes to work

Asbury Park (in town)right here

11%680

Neptune2.4 mi away

7%413

New York, NY30.6 mi away

5%339

Wall6.1 mi away

4%275

Tinton Falls5.4 mi away

4%236

Eatontown5.3 mi away

3%188

Long Branch5.1 mi away

3%168

Ocean2.5 mi away

3%165

Lakewood14.2 mi away

2%125

Brick12.2 mi away

2%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%3,645

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Asbury Park commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

44%

17%

32%

44%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Asbury Park is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Asbury Park are

5,063 jobs are based in Asbury Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Asbury Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Asbury Park

5,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Asbury Park residents hold

6,347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+44%

Jobs based in Asbury Park, 2013 → 2023: 3,522 → 5,063. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.