Work & commute · Belmar

Work & commute in Belmar, NJ

Most working residents leave Belmar for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wall (8%), New York (6%) and Neptune (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

164 of 2,556 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,392 Belmar residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 2,291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belmar.

2,392live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

2,291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belmar goes to work

Wall4 mi away

8%194

Belmar (in town)right here

6%164

New York, NY33.7 mi away

6%164

Neptune2.8 mi away

4%113

Toms River14.8 mi away

2%53

Howell9.6 mi away

2%48

Lakewood11.6 mi away

2%47

Manasquan4.7 mi away

2%45

Ocean5.2 mi away

2%44

Middletown15.8 mi away

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%1,642

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

How far

How far Belmar commutes

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

35%

21%

33%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belmar is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belmar are

2,455 jobs are based in Belmar. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belmar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belmar

2,455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Belmar residents hold

2,556 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+139%

Jobs based in Belmar, 2013 → 2023: 1,026 → 2,455. 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.