Work & commute · Deal

Work & commute in Deal, NJ

Most working residents leave Deal for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Ocean (7%) and Neptune (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 335 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 326 Deal residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deal.

326live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deal goes to work

New York, NY28.7 mi away

9%30

Ocean1.8 mi away

7%24

Neptune3.9 mi away

4%12

West Long Branch2.9 mi away

3%10

Long Branch3.2 mi away

3%10

Deal (in town)right here

3%9

Asbury Park2 mi away

3%9

Tinton Falls5.3 mi away

3%9

Eatontown4.2 mi away

2%8

Jersey City32.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%206

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

How far

How far Deal commutes

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

37%

16%

39%

37%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deal is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deal are

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

Jobs based in Deal

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Deal residents hold

335 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−32%

Jobs based in Deal, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 224. 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.