Eastover · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Manalapan has 9.4 jobs for every working resident: 1,070 people commute in to work
Home is the office for 50% of workers, against 16% across Florida. 1,075 jobs are based in Manalapan, against 114 working residents. Only 4% work in Manalapan; the top destination outside it is Boca Raton (11%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Manalapan, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 109 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Manalapan on a workday afternoon, 216% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Manalapan’s workers come from
Where Manalapan clocks in
11% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Manalapan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manalapan, 2013 → 2023: 460 → 1,075. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manalapan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way for Manalapan’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manalapan workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 commuters (the 49% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Manalapan
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Manalapan
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manalapan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manalapan | – | — | — | 33 min | $164,375 |
| Lantana | under 3% | C+ | A | 23 min | $70,012 |
| Boynton Beach | under 3% | B− | A− | 26 min | $70,074 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Manalapan’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Manalapan: questions
What is the median household income in Manalapan?
$164,375 (±$137,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manalapan?
10.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manalapan?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 50% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manalapan work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boca Raton (11%, 14 mi), West Palm Beach (7%, 13 mi), Palm Beach (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Manalapan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manalapan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manalapan
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.