Work & commute · Oceanport

Work & commute in Oceanport, NJ

Most working residents leave Oceanport for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Long Branch (7%) and Eatontown (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

129 of 2,593 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,464 Oceanport residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 2,555 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oceanport.

2,464live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

2,555work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oceanport goes to work

New York, NY24.3 mi away

7%189

Long Branch2.2 mi away

7%172

Oceanport (in town)right here

5%129

Eatontown2.4 mi away

4%107

Red Bank3.3 mi away

4%100

Tinton Falls5.3 mi away

4%93

Middletown6.7 mi away

3%82

Ocean4.3 mi away

3%75

Wall11.2 mi away

2%58

Shrewsbury2.1 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,533

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

How far

How far Oceanport commutes

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

44%

24%

44%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oceanport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oceanport are

2,684 jobs are based in Oceanport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oceanport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oceanport

2,684 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Oceanport residents hold

2,593 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−27%

Jobs based in Oceanport, 2013 → 2023: 3,682 → 2,684. 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.