Work & commute · Tuckerton

Work & commute in Tuckerton, NJ

Most working residents leave Tuckerton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Stafford (9%), Little Egg Harbor (8%) and Toms River (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,675 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,599 Tuckerton residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 644 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tuckerton.

1,599live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

644work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tuckerton goes to work

Stafford8.7 mi away

9%156

Little Egg Harbor2.8 mi away

8%129

Toms River29.2 mi away

5%80

Tuckerton (in town)right here

5%76

Atlantic City16.1 mi away

3%55

Egg Harbor20.9 mi away

3%45

Barnegat12.5 mi away

3%44

New York, NY76.8 mi away

3%42

Lakewood34.2 mi away

2%36

Galloway10.2 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%976

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

How far

How far Tuckerton commutes

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

26%

19%

29%

26%

26%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tuckerton is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tuckerton are

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

Jobs based in Tuckerton

720 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Tuckerton residents hold

1,675 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−25%

Jobs based in Tuckerton, 2013 → 2023: 962 → 720. 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.