Work & commute · Lavallette

Work & commute in Lavallette, NJ

Most working residents leave Lavallette for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Toms River (12%), Lakewood (3%) and Brick (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

57 of 573 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 516 Lavallette residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 484 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lavallette.

516live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

484work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lavallette goes to work

Toms River5.3 mi away

12%68

Lavallette (in town)right here

10%57

Lakewood10 mi away

3%18

Brick6.7 mi away

3%17

New York, NY48.4 mi away

3%16

Woodbridge42.5 mi away

2%14

Seaside Heights1.7 mi away

2%13

Wall13.6 mi away

2%13

Newark52.4 mi away

2%12

Trenton40.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%336

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

How far

How far Lavallette commutes

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

35%

17%

28%

20%

35%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lavallette is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lavallette are

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

Jobs based in Lavallette

541 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Lavallette residents hold

573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+88%

Jobs based in Lavallette, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 541. 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.