Work & commute · Bay Head

Work & commute in Bay Head, NJ

Most working residents leave Bay Head for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Brick (8%), Wall (6%) and Toms River (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 244 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 233 Bay Head residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bay Head.

233live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bay Head goes to work

Brick3.2 mi away

8%19

Wall7.1 mi away

6%15

Bay Head (in town)right here

5%11

Toms River8.2 mi away

4%10

Tinton Falls13.8 mi away

4%9

Point Pleasant Beach1.5 mi away

3%8

Point Pleasant1.3 mi away

3%7

New York, NY41.3 mi away

3%7

Manchester18.9 mi away

3%7

Berkeley13.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%146

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

How far

How far Bay Head commutes

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

32%

24%

29%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bay Head is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bay Head are

465 jobs are based in Bay Head. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bay Head’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bay Head

465 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bay Head residents hold

244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+153%

Jobs based in Bay Head, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 465. 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.