Work & commute · Ship Bottom

Work & commute in Ship Bottom, NJ

Most working residents leave Ship Bottom for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Stafford (10%), Toms River (5%) and Long Beach (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 410 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 373 Ship Bottom residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 772 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ship Bottom.

373live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

772work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ship Bottom goes to work

Stafford6 mi away

10%42

Ship Bottom (in town)right here

9%37

Toms River24.1 mi away

5%21

Long Beach3.8 mi away

5%19

Surf City1.4 mi away

4%17

New York, NY71.5 mi away

4%16

West Windsor50.4 mi away

2%10

Trenton50.4 mi away

2%9

Atlantic City23.4 mi away

2%8

Lawrence53.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%223

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

How far

How far Ship Bottom commutes

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

34%

10%

23%

32%

34%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ship Bottom is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ship Bottom are

809 jobs are based in Ship Bottom. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ship Bottom’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ship Bottom

809 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Ship Bottom residents hold

410 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+94%

Jobs based in Ship Bottom, 2013 → 2023: 416 → 809. 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.