Work & commute · Ocean Gate

Work & commute in Ocean Gate, NJ

Most working residents leave Ocean Gate for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Toms River (19%), Berkeley (6%) and Lakewood (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 805 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 778 Ocean Gate residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocean Gate.

778live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ocean Gate goes to work

Toms River5 mi away

19%149

Berkeley3.2 mi away

6%50

Lakewood10.9 mi away

6%45

Brick9.5 mi away

4%33

Wall16.6 mi away

4%31

Ocean Gate (in town)right here

3%27

Lacey7.8 mi away

3%26

New York, NY51.9 mi away

3%24

Howell17.8 mi away

2%20

Manchester13 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%387

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

How far

How far Ocean Gate commutes

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

38%

26%

19%

17%

38%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ocean Gate is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocean Gate are

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

Jobs based in Ocean Gate

216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Ocean Gate residents hold

805 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 month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+102%

Jobs based in Ocean Gate, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 216. 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.