Work & commute · Barnegat

Work & commute in Barnegat, NJ

Most working residents leave Barnegat for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Toms River (9%), Stafford (7%) and Lakewood (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

722 of 10,089 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,367 Barnegat residents head out of town to work, 722 work right here, and 2,426 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnegat.

9,367live here, work elsewhere

722live and work here

2,426work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnegat goes to work

Toms River16.7 mi away

9%860

Stafford4.3 mi away

7%743

Barnegat (in town)right here

7%722

Lakewood21.8 mi away

4%448

New York, NY64.4 mi away

3%337

Brick22.3 mi away

3%289

Lacey6.7 mi away

2%248

Wall29.1 mi away

2%177

Trenton40.7 mi away

2%159

Berkeley11 mi away

2%153

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%5,953

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

How far

How far Barnegat commutes

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

20%

22%

35%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnegat is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnegat are

3,148 jobs are based in Barnegat. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barnegat’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barnegat

3,148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Barnegat residents hold

10,089 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+31%

Jobs based in Barnegat, 2013 → 2023: 2,400 → 3,148. 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.