Work & commute · Wall

Work & commute in Wall, NJ

Most working residents leave Wall for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are New York (6%), Belmar (4%) and Neptune (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,520 of 12,574 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,054 Wall residents head out of town to work, 1,520 work right here, and 19,603 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wall.

11,054live here, work elsewhere

1,520live and work here

19,603work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wall goes to work

Wall (in town)right here

12%1,520

New York, NY35.4 mi away

6%736

Belmar4 mi away

4%452

Neptune4.1 mi away

3%400

Brick7.1 mi away

3%388

Lakewood8.1 mi away

3%332

Toms River12.3 mi away

2%284

Howell5.8 mi away

2%253

Tinton Falls7 mi away

2%248

Ocean7.1 mi away

2%240

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%7,721

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

How far

How far Wall commutes

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

41%

20%

30%

10%

41%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wall is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wall are

21,123 jobs are based in Wall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wall

21,123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Wall residents hold

12,574 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+30%

Jobs based in Wall, 2013 → 2023: 16,265 → 21,123. 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.