Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Dover Beaches North has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 157 jobs in Dover Beaches North; 384 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Dover Beaches North for work; outside it, Toms River Township is the main destination (12%, 5 miles). Home is the office for 25% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Dover Beaches North
The daily trip from Dover Beaches North: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dover Beaches North workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 517 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.
Who works in Dover Beaches North, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Dover Beaches North on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
Where Dover Beaches North goes to work
Where Dover Beaches North clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Dover Beaches North
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dover Beaches North, 2014 → 2024: 185 → 157. 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 Dover Beaches North’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Dover Beaches North commutes
About 20% 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.
Dover Beaches North and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Brick Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dover Beaches North workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Beaches North | – | — | — | 33 min | $51,364 |
| Lavallette | 2% | A | A− | 37 min | $133,056 |
| Brick Township | 4% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $106,130 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dover Beaches North’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 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 Dover Beaches North: questions
What is the median household income in Dover Beaches North?
$51,364 (±$19,948) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dover Beaches North?
5.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dover Beaches North?
33 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 Dover Beaches North work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toms River Township (12%, 5 mi), Point Pleasant (7%, 6 mi), Lakewood Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dover Beaches North without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dover Beaches North, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dover Beaches North
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.