Work & commute · Island Heights

Work & commute in Island Heights, NJ

Most working residents leave Island Heights for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Toms River (16%), Lakewood (6%) and Wall (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 634 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 584 Island Heights residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Island Heights.

584live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Island Heights goes to work

Toms River3.8 mi away

16%104

Island Heights (in town)right here

8%50

Lakewood9.8 mi away

6%41

Wall15.6 mi away

3%21

Brick8.6 mi away

3%20

New York, NY51 mi away

2%15

Berkeley3.3 mi away

2%15

Trenton38.1 mi away

2%11

Newark54.1 mi away

2%10

Woodbridge43.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%337

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

How far

How far Island Heights commutes

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

39%

19%

26%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Island Heights is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Island Heights are

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

Jobs based in Island Heights

417 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Island Heights residents hold

634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+51%

Jobs based in Island Heights, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 417. 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.