Photo: BaghChal · CC BY-SA 3.0Bradley Beach has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. 757 jobs are based in Bradley Beach for 1,770 working residents. Bradley Beach grades A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bradley Beach in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Bradley Beach
66% of Bradley Beach residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Bradley Beach pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Bradley Beach
25% of Bradley Beach workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Bradley Beach pay little
27% of the jobs based in Bradley Beach pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Bradley Beach’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bradley Beach is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #149 of 468 in New Jersey. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bradley Beach’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bradley Beach could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bradley Beach, 2013 → 2023: 611 → 757. 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 Bradley Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Bradley Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bradley Beach workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,974 commuters (the 25% 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.
How many people are in Bradley Beach by day
On a workday 1,675 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 662 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Bradley Beach on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer 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.
6% of working residents work in New York City
Where Bradley Beach clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
How far Bradley Beach goes to work
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Bradley Beach
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bradley Beach is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #65 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Bradley Beach 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 2,626 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 42% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 3.6% of Bradley Beach households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Bradley Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bradley Beach ranks: 469th of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 467 | Lathrup Village MI | 4,019 | $110K | 5.6% | 4.2% | 2% | A |
| 468 | Marlboro Meadows MD | 3,929 | $111K | 7.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A |
| 469 | Bradley Beach NJ | 4,163 | $97K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 5% | A |
| 470 | West Lake Hills TX | 3,229 | $198K | 9.5% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| 471 | Alloway Township NJ | 3,338 | $105K | 1.5% | 2.9% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Bradley Beach, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Bradley Beach and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Neptune Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bradley Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Beach | – | A | A+ | 30 min | $97,005 |
| Avon-by-the-Sea | under 2% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $122,635 |
| Neptune Township | 5% | B | A | 26 min | $101,017 |
| Ocean Grove | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ocean Grove: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bradley Beach’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 Bradley Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Bradley Beach?
$97,005 (±$35,418) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bradley Beach?
5.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bradley Beach?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bradley Beach work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (6%, 32 mi), Wall Township (5%, 5 mi), Neptune Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bradley Beach walkable?
Bradley Beach is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bradley Beach without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 42% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bradley Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bradley Beach
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.