Work & commute · Union Beach

Work & commute in Union Beach, NJ

Most working residents leave Union Beach for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (12%), Middletown (5%) and Edison (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

133 of 3,093 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,960 Union Beach residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union Beach.

2,960live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union Beach goes to work

New York, NY19.2 mi away

12%384

Middletown6 mi away

5%167

Union Beach (in town)right here

4%133

Edison10.2 mi away

3%98

Hazlet1.5 mi away

3%89

Holmdel5 mi away

3%87

Woodbridge10.2 mi away

3%79

Jersey City19.1 mi away

2%68

Keyport1.9 mi away

2%60

Newark19.1 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,874

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

How far

How far Union Beach commutes

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

31%

50%

14%

31%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union Beach is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union Beach are

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

Jobs based in Union Beach

953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Union Beach residents hold

3,093 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−4%

Jobs based in Union Beach, 2013 → 2023: 991 → 953. 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.