Work & commute · West Long Branch

Work & commute in West Long Branch, NJ

Most working residents leave West Long Branch for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (8%), Long Branch (7%) and Ocean (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

186 of 3,123 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,937 West Long Branch residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 5,021 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Long Branch.

2,937live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

5,021work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Long Branch goes to work

New York, NY26.2 mi away

8%258

Long Branch1.7 mi away

7%225

West Long Branch (in town)right here

6%186

Ocean2.4 mi away

5%166

Eatontown1.8 mi away

3%97

Red Bank4.9 mi away

3%86

Tinton Falls4.3 mi away

3%79

Middletown8.5 mi away

2%73

Lakewood17.4 mi away

2%60

Shrewsbury3.3 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,836

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

How far

How far West Long Branch commutes

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

41%

15%

36%

41%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Long Branch is a job hub

1.67jobs 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 West Long Branch are

5,207 jobs are based in West Long Branch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Long Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Long Branch

5,207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs West Long Branch residents hold

3,123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+3%

Jobs based in West Long Branch, 2013 → 2023: 5,046 → 5,207. 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.