Work & commute · Point Pleasant

Work & commute in Point Pleasant, NJ

Most working residents leave Point Pleasant for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Brick (8%), Wall (7%) and Point Pleasant Beach (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

774 of 7,292 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,518 Point Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 774 work right here, and 2,761 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Point Pleasant.

6,518live here, work elsewhere

774live and work here

2,761work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Point Pleasant goes to work

Point Pleasant (in town)right here

11%774

Brick2.3 mi away

8%603

Wall6.2 mi away

7%516

Point Pleasant Beach1.7 mi away

6%449

Toms River7.7 mi away

6%449

Lakewood6.8 mi away

5%364

New York, NY41 mi away

3%204

Neptune9.4 mi away

3%195

Howell10 mi away

2%174

Manasquan2.9 mi away

2%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,441

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

How far

How far Point Pleasant commutes

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

51%

21%

18%

11%

51%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Point Pleasant is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Point Pleasant are

3,535 jobs are based in Point Pleasant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Point Pleasant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Point Pleasant

3,535 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Point Pleasant residents hold

7,292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−3%

Jobs based in Point Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 3,645 → 3,535. 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.