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Work & commute · Sea Bright

Work & commute in Sea Bright, NJ

Most working residents leave Sea Bright for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Middletown (6%) and Red Bank (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
39 of 719 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
38 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
18%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 680 Sea Bright residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 962 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sea Bright.

680live here, work elsewhere
39live and work here
962work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sea Bright goes to work

HighlandsSea BrightMonmouth BeachAtlantic HighlandsFair HavenRed BankLittle SilverRumsonLong BranchEatontownNewarkNew YorkOceanHazletMiddletownWallWoodbridgeNew YorkMiddletownRed BankWoodbridgeLong BranchEatontownOceanNewarkWallSea Bright
1
New York, NY21.6 mi away
13%96
2
Middletown6 mi away
6%43
3
Sea Bright (in town)right here
5%39
4
Red Bank4.5 mi away
4%30
5
Woodbridge21.9 mi away
3%23
6
Long Branch3.9 mi away
2%17
7
Eatontown5.7 mi away
2%17
8
Ocean7.3 mi away
2%17
9
Newark27.6 mi away
2%15
10
Wall14.3 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%407

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

How far

How far Sea Bright commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
6%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sea Bright is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sea Bright are

1,001 jobs are based in Sea Bright. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sea Bright’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sea Bright

1,001 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)80%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Sea Bright residents hold

719 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month72%
+171%

Jobs based in Sea Bright, 2013 → 2023: 369 → 1,001. 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.

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