Work & commute · Beach Haven

Work & commute in Beach Haven, NJ

Most working residents leave Beach Haven for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Long Beach (5%), Stafford (4%) and Trenton (3%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

68 of 457 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 389 Beach Haven residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 519 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beach Haven.

389live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

519work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beach Haven goes to work

Beach Haven (in town)right here

15%68

Long Beach2.5 mi away

5%25

Stafford9.4 mi away

4%20

Trenton52.8 mi away

3%13

Ship Bottom6.3 mi away

3%12

New York, NY77.3 mi away

2%11

Neptune45.7 mi away

2%10

Evesham39.9 mi away

2%9

Hamilton49.4 mi away

2%9

Medford36.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%272

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

How far

How far Beach Haven commutes

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

28%

23%

42%

28%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beach Haven is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beach Haven are

587 jobs are based in Beach Haven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beach Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beach Haven

587 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Beach Haven residents hold

457 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+3%

Jobs based in Beach Haven, 2013 → 2023: 570 → 587. 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.