Work & commute · Stafford

Work & commute in Stafford, NJ

Most working residents leave Stafford for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Toms River (6%), Barnegat (3%) and Lakewood (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2,258 of 13,590 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 11,332 Stafford residents head out of town to work, 2,258 work right here, and 6,629 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stafford.

11,332live here, work elsewhere

2,258live and work here

6,629work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stafford goes to work

Stafford (in town)right here

17%2,258

Toms River20.6 mi away

6%860

Barnegat4.3 mi away

3%399

Lakewood25.9 mi away

3%387

New York, NY68.3 mi away

2%323

Brick26 mi away

2%266

Long Beach7.5 mi away

2%249

Lacey10.9 mi away

2%247

Atlantic City24.8 mi away

2%245

Ship Bottom6 mi away

2%237

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%8,119

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

How far

How far Stafford commutes

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

29%

17%

33%

20%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stafford is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stafford are

8,887 jobs are based in Stafford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stafford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stafford

8,887 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Stafford residents hold

13,590 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+18%

Jobs based in Stafford, 2013 → 2023: 7,533 → 8,887. 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.