Work & commute · Lacey

Work & commute in Lacey, NJ

Most working residents leave Lacey for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Toms River (12%), Lakewood (5%) and Berkeley (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,651 of 13,283 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 11,632 Lacey residents head out of town to work, 1,651 work right here, and 4,408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lacey.

11,632live here, work elsewhere

1,651live and work here

4,408work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lacey goes to work

Lacey (in town)right here

12%1,651

Toms River10.2 mi away

12%1,627

Lakewood15.1 mi away

5%605

Berkeley4.8 mi away

4%535

Brick15.9 mi away

3%403

Stafford10.9 mi away

2%331

New York, NY57.7 mi away

2%322

Wall22.5 mi away

2%312

Jackson16.7 mi away

2%244

Howell21.9 mi away

2%211

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%7,042

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

How far

How far Lacey commutes

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

30%

22%

31%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lacey is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lacey are

6,059 jobs are based in Lacey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lacey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lacey

6,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lacey residents hold

13,283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+15%

Jobs based in Lacey, 2013 → 2023: 5,248 → 6,059. 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.