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
6%
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

HighlandsKeansburgAtlantic HighlandsFair HavenRed BankRumsonLong BranchEatontownJersey CityNewarkNew YorkHazletHowellMiddletownOld BridgeHolmdelEdisonNew YorkMiddletownRed BankHolmdelRumsonJersey CityNewarkEatontownEdisonAtlantic Highlands
1
New York, NY17.8 mi away
14%275
2
Middletown2.6 mi away
8%149
3
Atlantic Highlands (in town)right here
6%124
4
Red Bank5 mi away
4%79
5
Holmdel8.3 mi away
2%47
6
Rumson3.7 mi away
2%46
7
Jersey City20.7 mi away
2%40
8
Newark22.8 mi away
2%39
9
Eatontown8.6 mi away
2%38
10
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%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.

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