Work & commute · Keansburg

Work & commute in Keansburg, NJ

Most working residents leave Keansburg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (12%), Middletown (7%) and Holmdel (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

344 of 5,044 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,700 Keansburg residents head out of town to work, 344 work right here, and 937 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keansburg.

4,700live here, work elsewhere

344live and work here

937work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keansburg goes to work

New York, NY18.5 mi away

12%629

Keansburg (in town)right here

7%344

Middletown5.5 mi away

7%341

Holmdel5.4 mi away

3%147

Edison10.8 mi away

3%133

Hazlet1.9 mi away

2%116

Newark18.8 mi away

2%102

Woodbridge10.4 mi away

2%102

Red Bank8.5 mi away

2%101

Jersey City18.6 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,930

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

How far

How far Keansburg commutes

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

30%

49%

16%

30%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keansburg is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keansburg are

1,281 jobs are based in Keansburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keansburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Keansburg

1,281 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Keansburg residents hold

5,044 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−13%

Jobs based in Keansburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,465 → 1,281. 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.