Work & commute · Neptune

Work & commute in Neptune, NJ

Most working residents leave Neptune for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Wall (6%), New York (5%) and Tinton Falls (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,418 of 13,613 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 12,195 Neptune residents head out of town to work, 1,418 work right here, and 11,474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Neptune.

12,195live here, work elsewhere

1,418live and work here

11,474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Neptune goes to work

Neptune (in town)right here

10%1,418

Wall4.1 mi away

6%756

New York, NY31.6 mi away

5%620

Tinton Falls4.3 mi away

4%586

Asbury Park2.4 mi away

4%539

Ocean3 mi away

3%446

Eatontown5.4 mi away

3%400

Long Branch6.6 mi away

3%380

Lakewood12.2 mi away

2%339

Brick10.8 mi away

2%309

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%7,820

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

How far

How far Neptune commutes

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

45%

20%

28%

45%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Neptune is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Neptune are

12,892 jobs are based in Neptune. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Neptune’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Neptune

12,892 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Neptune residents hold

13,613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Neptune, 2013 → 2023: 13,017 → 12,892. 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.