Work & commute · Colts Neck

Work & commute in Colts Neck, NJ

Most working residents leave Colts Neck for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (8%), Middletown (4%) and Marlboro (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

291 of 3,553 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,262 Colts Neck residents head out of town to work, 291 work right here, and 2,577 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colts Neck.

3,262live here, work elsewhere

291live and work here

2,577work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colts Neck goes to work

New York, NY28.2 mi away

8%293

Colts Neck (in town)right here

8%291

Middletown9.2 mi away

4%130

Marlboro5.8 mi away

3%112

Wall9.7 mi away

3%93

Freehold8.4 mi away

2%88

Holmdel5.6 mi away

2%88

Red Bank6.5 mi away

2%85

Tinton Falls4.3 mi away

2%71

Howell8.3 mi away

2%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%2,236

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

How far

How far Colts Neck commutes

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

39%

24%

31%

39%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colts Neck is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colts Neck are

2,868 jobs are based in Colts Neck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colts Neck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Colts Neck

2,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Colts Neck residents hold

3,553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+31%

Jobs based in Colts Neck, 2013 → 2023: 2,196 → 2,868. 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.