Work & commute · Holmdel

Work & commute in Holmdel, NJ

Most working residents leave Holmdel for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (18%), Middletown (4%) and Jersey City (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

599 of 7,125 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 6,526 Holmdel residents head out of town to work, 599 work right here, and 12,719 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holmdel.

6,526live here, work elsewhere

599live and work here

12,719work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holmdel goes to work

New York, NY23.4 mi away

18%1,248

Holmdel (in town)right here

8%599

Middletown5.8 mi away

4%294

Jersey City23.9 mi away

3%190

Woodbridge14.3 mi away

2%156

Newark24.1 mi away

2%138

Red Bank5.9 mi away

2%137

Hazlet3.5 mi away

2%137

Edison12.8 mi away

2%124

Old Bridge7.4 mi away

1%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%4,005

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

How far

How far Holmdel commutes

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

28%

45%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holmdel is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Holmdel are

13,318 jobs are based in Holmdel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holmdel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Holmdel

13,318 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Holmdel residents hold

7,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+80%

Jobs based in Holmdel, 2013 → 2023: 7,380 → 13,318. 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.