Work & commute · Ocean

Work & commute in Ocean, NJ

About one in 5 of Ocean’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Somers Point (5%), Egg Harbor (5%) and Atlantic City (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

783 of 3,492 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,709 Ocean residents head out of town to work, 783 work right here, and 3,330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocean.

2,709live here, work elsewhere

783live and work here

3,330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ocean goes to work

Ocean City (in town)right here

22%783

Somers Point3.3 mi away

5%183

Egg Harbor7.7 mi away

5%177

Atlantic City11 mi away

4%133

Middle17.6 mi away

4%129

Upper6.8 mi away

3%107

Hamilton16.4 mi away

2%87

Galloway16.8 mi away

2%70

Philadelphia, PA58.4 mi away

2%65

Trenton66.5 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,694

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

How far

How far Ocean commutes

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

42%

17%

12%

29%

42%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ocean is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocean are

4,113 jobs are based in Ocean. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ocean’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ocean

4,113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ocean residents hold

3,492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−1%

Jobs based in Ocean, 2013 → 2023: 4,159 → 4,113. 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.