Cedar Glen Lakes has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 3% of workers, the job is at home, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%. 60 jobs are based in Cedar Glen Lakes, and 474 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Cedar Glen Lakes for work; outside it, Toms River Township is the main destination (8%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cedar Glen Lakes, in brief
Cedar Glen Lakes is a place people come home to
There are 60 jobs based in Cedar Glen Lakes, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cedar Glen Lakes has about 1,100 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Cedar Glen Lakes workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Cedar Glen Lakes are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 474 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Cedar Glen Lakes on a workday afternoon
On a workday 474 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Cedar Glen Lakes on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Cedar Glen Lakes: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Glen Lakes workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 3% 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.
Out of Cedar Glen Lakes to work: where people go
Where Cedar Glen Lakes clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Most jobs in Cedar Glen Lakes are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Glen Lakes, 2014 → 2024: 37 → 60. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedar Glen Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cedar Glen Lakes
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Cedar Glen Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Glen Lakes?
$31,558 (±$3,977) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Glen Lakes?
8.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Glen Lakes?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Glen Lakes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toms River Township (8%, 13 mi), Manchester Township (5%, 1 mi), New York City (4%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cedar Glen Lakes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Glen Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Glen Lakes
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.