Work & commute · Surf

Work & commute in Surf, NJ

Most working residents leave Surf for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Stafford (8%), Ship Bottom (6%) and Long Beach (5%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 465 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 446 Surf residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 531 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Surf.

446live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

531work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Surf goes to work

Stafford5.7 mi away

8%35

Ship Bottom1.4 mi away

6%30

Long Beach5.2 mi away

5%21

Surf City (in town)right here

4%19

Toms River22.8 mi away

4%18

New York, NY70.1 mi away

3%12

Trenton49.8 mi away

2%10

Atlantic City24.8 mi away

2%10

Barnegat Light6.9 mi away

2%9

Barnegat9.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%293

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

How far

How far Surf commutes

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

30%

31%

30%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Surf is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Surf are

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

Jobs based in Surf

550 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Surf residents hold

465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+26%

Jobs based in Surf, 2013 → 2023: 437 → 550. 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.