Work & commute · Atlantic Highlands

Work & commute in Atlantic Highlands, NJ

Most working residents leave Atlantic Highlands for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Middletown (8%) and Red Bank (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 1,950 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,826 Atlantic Highlands residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 1,225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atlantic Highlands.

1,826live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

1,225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atlantic Highlands goes to work

New York, NY17.8 mi away

14%275

Middletown2.6 mi away

8%149

Atlantic Highlands (in town)right here

6%124

Red Bank5 mi away

4%79

Holmdel8.3 mi away

2%47

Rumson3.7 mi away

2%46

Jersey City20.7 mi away

2%40

Newark22.8 mi away

2%39

Eatontown8.6 mi away

2%38

Edison18.2 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,075

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

How far

How far Atlantic Highlands commutes

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

37%

39%

19%

37%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atlantic Highlands is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Atlantic Highlands are

1,349 jobs are based in Atlantic Highlands. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atlantic Highlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Atlantic Highlands

1,349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Atlantic Highlands residents hold

1,950 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+45%

Jobs based in Atlantic Highlands, 2013 → 2023: 930 → 1,349. 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.