Work & commute · Harvey Cedars

Work & commute in Harvey Cedars, NJ

Most working residents leave Harvey Cedars for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Barnegat Light (8%), Long Beach (6%) and Toms River (4%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 141 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 136 Harvey Cedars residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harvey Cedars.

136live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harvey Cedars goes to work

Barnegat Light4 mi away

8%11

Long Beach8.1 mi away

6%8

Toms River20.4 mi away

4%6

Harvey Cedars (in town)right here

4%5

Ship Bottom4.3 mi away

4%5

New York, NY67.4 mi away

4%5

Stafford6.5 mi away

4%5

Mount Laurel43.8 mi away

3%4

Hamilton45 mi away

3%4

Surf City2.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%85

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

How far

How far Harvey Cedars commutes

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

27%

11%

33%

29%

27%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harvey Cedars is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harvey Cedars are

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

Jobs based in Harvey Cedars

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Harvey Cedars residents hold

141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+45%

Jobs based in Harvey Cedars, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 113. 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.