Work & commute · Brick

Work & commute in Brick, NJ

Most working residents leave Brick for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lakewood (8%), Toms River (8%) and Wall (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

4,443 of 28,252 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,809 Brick residents head out of town to work, 4,443 work right here, and 15,852 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brick.

23,809live here, work elsewhere

4,443live and work here

15,852work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brick goes to work

Brick (in town)right here

16%4,443

Lakewood4.9 mi away

8%2,378

Toms River5.6 mi away

8%2,255

Wall7.1 mi away

7%1,970

New York, NY42.4 mi away

3%831

Howell9.5 mi away

3%814

Neptune10.8 mi away

3%791

Point Pleasant Beach3.9 mi away

2%643

Point Pleasant2.3 mi away

2%630

Freehold15.1 mi away

2%568

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%12,929

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

How far

How far Brick commutes

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

51%

20%

19%

11%

51%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brick is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brick are

20,295 jobs are based in Brick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brick

20,295 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Brick residents hold

28,252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+6%

Jobs based in Brick, 2013 → 2023: 19,132 → 20,295. 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.