Photo: Hornbaker Chelsi, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Public domainHousehold incomes in Beach Haven are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Beach Haven B+; getting around on foot earns it A. The poverty rate is 3.7%, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. 35% of workers have no commute at all, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Beach Haven
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A lot of Beach Haven works from home
35% of Beach Haven workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Beach Haven workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 457 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Beach Haven
On income, poverty and job access, Beach Haven is better than 74% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Beach Haven’s grade up ($144,167, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Beach Haven’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Beach Haven could be anywhere from B to A−.
Where in the region Beach Haven works
About 42% 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.
About 41 minutes to work from Beach Haven
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beach Haven workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 299 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Beach Haven, and who commutes in
On a workday 389 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 519 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Beach Haven on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
5% of working residents work in Long Beach Township
Where Beach Haven clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in Beach Haven: what the 587 are
587 jobs are based in Beach Haven.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beach Haven, 2013 → 2023: 570 → 587. 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 Beach Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Beach Haven is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beach Haven is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Beach Haven near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 458 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Beach Haven households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Beach Haven’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Beach Haven ranks: 396th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Port Republic NJ | 1,125 | $123K | 1.3% | 9.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Califon NJ | 1,034 | $128K | 7.5% | 3.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 254 | Ship Bottom NJ | 1,126 | $109K | 3.7% | 2.3% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 394 | Guilford Lake OH | 1,307 | $93K | 5.7% | 2.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 395 | Dike IA | 1,299 | $91K | 5.4% | 1.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 396 | Beach Haven NJ | 1,066 | $144K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 15% | B+ |
| 397 | Alma Township KS | 1,221 | $101K | 3.9% | 2.3% | 10% | B+ |
| 398 | Lyndhurst VA | 1,309 | $76K | 1.2% | 5.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Beach Haven, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Beach Haven: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Long Beach Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beach Haven workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Haven | – | B+ | A | 41 min | $144,167 |
| Little Egg Harbor Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 33 min | $92,446 |
| Long Beach Township | 5% | B− | A | 29 min | $113,224 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beach Haven’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 Beach Haven: questions
What is the median household income in Beach Haven?
$144,167 (±$30,732) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beach Haven?
3.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beach Haven?
41 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beach Haven work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Long Beach Township (5%, 2 mi), Stafford Township (4%, 9 mi), Trenton (3%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beach Haven walkable?
Beach Haven is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beach Haven without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beach Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beach Haven
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.