Work & commute · Plumsted

Work & commute in Plumsted, NJ

Most working residents leave Plumsted for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (5%), Jackson (5%) and Freehold (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

251 of 3,637 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,386 Plumsted residents head out of town to work, 251 work right here, and 1,009 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plumsted.

3,386live here, work elsewhere

251live and work here

1,009work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plumsted goes to work

Plumsted (in town)right here

7%251

Hamilton15 mi away

5%183

Jackson7.4 mi away

5%164

Freehold15.8 mi away

3%122

Toms River17.3 mi away

3%119

New York, NY51.4 mi away

3%101

Lakewood15.3 mi away

3%93

Upper Freehold7.8 mi away

2%79

West Windsor18.5 mi away

2%78

Howell17.4 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%2,377

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

How far

How far Plumsted commutes

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

18%

48%

25%

18%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plumsted is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plumsted are

1,260 jobs are based in Plumsted. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plumsted’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plumsted

1,260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Plumsted residents hold

3,637 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in Plumsted, 2013 → 2023: 1,224 → 1,260. 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.