Work & commute · Barnegat Light

Work & commute in Barnegat Light, NJ

Most working residents leave Barnegat Light for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Stafford (4%), New York (4%) and Toms River (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 215 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 199 Barnegat Light residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnegat Light.

199live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnegat Light goes to work

Barnegat Light (in town)right here

7%16

Stafford8.9 mi away

4%9

New York, NY63.7 mi away

4%8

Toms River17.1 mi away

4%8

Newark67.4 mi away

3%7

Harvey Cedars4 mi away

3%6

Trenton47.7 mi away

3%6

Little Egg Harbor14.4 mi away

2%4

Long Beach12.1 mi away

2%4

Lawrence49.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%143

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

How far

How far Barnegat Light commutes

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

19%

13%

36%

32%

19%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnegat Light is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnegat Light are

229 jobs are based in Barnegat Light. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barnegat Light’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barnegat Light

229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Barnegat Light residents hold

215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+44%

Jobs based in Barnegat Light, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 229. 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.