Harvey Cedars has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 64 jobs in Harvey Cedars, against 127 working residents. Only 3% stay in Harvey Cedars for work; outside it, Barnegat Light is the main destination (7%, 4 miles). Home is the office for 30% of workers (New Jersey 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harvey Cedars quiets down on a workday
On a workday 123 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Harvey Cedars on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Out of Harvey Cedars to work: where people go
Where Harvey Cedars clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 67% of Harvey Cedars’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harvey Cedars, 2014 → 2024: 76 → 64. 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 Harvey Cedars’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for Harvey Cedars’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harvey Cedars workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 30% 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 miles Harvey Cedars commutes
About 33% 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.
Work next door: 11% of Harvey Cedars’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harvey Cedars workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Cedars | – | — | — | 30 min | $146,250 |
| Long Beach Township | 7% | B− | A | 29 min | $113,224 |
| Barnegat Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 28 min | $91,540 |
| Stafford Township | 4% | A− | B | 31 min | $117,612 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Long Beach Township. Darker towns draw more of Harvey Cedars’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 Harvey Cedars: questions
What is the median household income in Harvey Cedars?
$146,250 (±$25,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harvey Cedars?
5.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harvey Cedars?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harvey Cedars work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barnegat Light (7%, 4 mi), Long Beach Township (7%, 8 mi), Stafford Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Harvey Cedars without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harvey Cedars, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harvey Cedars
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.