Work & commute · Fair Haven

Work & commute in Fair Haven, NJ

Most working residents leave Fair Haven for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Red Bank (5%) and Middletown (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

143 of 2,535 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,392 Fair Haven residents head out of town to work, 143 work right here, and 748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fair Haven.

2,392live here, work elsewhere

143live and work here

748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fair Haven goes to work

New York, NY21.4 mi away

17%425

Fair Haven (in town)right here

6%143

Red Bank1.7 mi away

5%126

Middletown3.4 mi away

4%107

Jersey City24.2 mi away

2%60

Rumson1.8 mi away

2%56

Shrewsbury2.6 mi away

2%52

Newark26 mi away

2%51

Holmdel7.2 mi away

2%45

Tinton Falls7.3 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,427

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

How far

How far Fair Haven commutes

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

35%

33%

25%

35%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fair Haven is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fair Haven are

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

Jobs based in Fair Haven

891 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Fair Haven residents hold

2,535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+20%

Jobs based in Fair Haven, 2013 → 2023: 741 → 891. 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.