Work & commute · Keyport

Work & commute in Keyport, NJ

Most working residents leave Keyport for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (12%), Middletown (3%) and Hazlet (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

174 of 3,643 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 3,469 Keyport residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 1,472 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keyport.

3,469live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

1,472work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keyport goes to work

New York, NY21 mi away

12%437

Keyport (in town)right here

5%174

Middletown7.1 mi away

3%123

Hazlet1.7 mi away

3%121

Edison9.2 mi away

3%120

Holmdel4.2 mi away

3%114

Woodbridge10.1 mi away

3%92

Newark20.2 mi away

2%74

Jersey City20.5 mi away

2%68

Aberdeen1.3 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%2,257

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

How far

How far Keyport commutes

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

29%

51%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keyport is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keyport are

1,646 jobs are based in Keyport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keyport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Keyport

1,646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Keyport residents hold

3,643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−6%

Jobs based in Keyport, 2013 → 2023: 1,742 → 1,646. 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.