Work & commute · Manalapan

Work & commute in Manalapan, NJ

Most working residents leave Manalapan for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), Marlboro (5%) and Freehold (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,250 of 17,949 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,699 Manalapan residents head out of town to work, 1,250 work right here, and 9,127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manalapan.

16,699live here, work elsewhere

1,250live and work here

9,127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manalapan goes to work

New York, NY33.9 mi away

10%1,803

Manalapan (in town)right here

7%1,250

Marlboro6.3 mi away

5%883

Freehold4.7 mi away

4%723

Edison15.3 mi away

3%476

Woodbridge19.5 mi away

2%417

Jersey City33.1 mi away

2%333

Old Bridge8.7 mi away

2%326

Freehold4 mi away

2%324

New Brunswick15 mi away

2%320

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%11,094

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

How far

How far Manalapan commutes

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

26%

39%

31%

26%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manalapan is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manalapan are

10,377 jobs are based in Manalapan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manalapan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manalapan

10,377 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Manalapan residents hold

17,949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+26%

Jobs based in Manalapan, 2013 → 2023: 8,245 → 10,377. 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.