Work & commute · Long Beach

Work & commute in Long Beach, NJ

Most working residents leave Long Beach for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Stafford (7%), Beach Haven (6%) and Toms River (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

121 of 1,124 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,003 Long Beach residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 938 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Beach.

1,003live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

938work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Beach goes to work

Long Beach (in town)right here

11%121

Stafford7.5 mi away

7%80

Beach Haven2.5 mi away

6%62

Toms River27.3 mi away

4%40

New York, NY74.9 mi away

3%30

Ship Bottom3.8 mi away

2%28

Surf City5.2 mi away

2%25

Barnegat Light12.1 mi away

2%24

Atlantic City19.6 mi away

2%22

Trenton51.6 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%673

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

How far

How far Long Beach commutes

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

31%

10%

25%

34%

31%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Beach 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 Long Beach are

1,059 jobs are based in Long Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long Beach

1,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Long Beach residents hold

1,124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+23%

Jobs based in Long Beach, 2013 → 2023: 859 → 1,059. 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.