Work & commute · Lakehurst

Work & commute in Lakehurst, NJ

Most working residents leave Lakehurst for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Toms River (13%), Lakewood (9%) and Manchester (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,323 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,277 Lakehurst residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 513 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakehurst.

1,277live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

513work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakehurst goes to work

Toms River8.3 mi away

13%170

Lakewood7.8 mi away

9%119

Manchester4.6 mi away

7%89

Wall15.8 mi away

4%50

Brick11.7 mi away

4%49

Lakehurst (in town)right here

3%46

Jackson5.8 mi away

3%40

New York, NY49.2 mi away

3%35

Howell12.9 mi away

2%29

Trenton27.6 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%674

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

How far

How far Lakehurst commutes

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

36%

26%

28%

10%

36%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakehurst is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakehurst are

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

Jobs based in Lakehurst

559 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lakehurst residents hold

1,323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+1%

Jobs based in Lakehurst, 2013 → 2023: 555 → 559. 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.