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Jobs & commute in Holiday City-Berkeley

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Holiday City-Berkeley works elsewhere

A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes, next to 31 for New Jersey and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Holiday City-Berkeley report 634 jobs; 4,156 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Holiday City-Berkeley itself; outside it, Toms River Township draws the most (15%, 6 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The commute and the jobs: Holiday City-Berkeley in brief

Holiday City-Berkeley’s workforce skews older

48% of Holiday City-Berkeley’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓

Holiday City-Berkeley is a place people come home to

There are 634 jobs based in Holiday City-Berkeley, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Holiday City-Berkeley has about 9,500 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Holiday City-Berkeley and Toms River Township trade workers both ways

Toms River Township is the top workplace for Holiday City-Berkeley residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Holiday City-Berkeley come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

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.

★ What stands out · The jobs

Mostly health care, schools and offices in Holiday City-Berkeley

Jobs based in Holiday City-BerkeleyJobs Holiday City-Berkeley residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%10%
Trade, transport & utilities2%24%
Services: health, schools, offices96%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%26%
Over $3,333 a month47%60%

Who does it

29 or younger18%15%
30 to 5444%37%
55 and older38%48%
+6%

Jobs based in Holiday City-Berkeley, 2014 → 2024: 596 → 634. 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 Holiday City-Berkeley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Day and night

Who leaves Holiday City-Berkeley for work, and who comes in

On a workday 4,083 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 561 people come in from elsewhere.

4,083live here, work elsewhere
73live and work here
561work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night13,000
Workday9,500
13,000live here− 4,100head out to work+ 560come in to work= 9,500on a workday

About 9,500 people are in Holiday City-Berkeley on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.15jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The places Holiday City-Berkeley commutes to

BeachwoodTrenton: 61 residents work here (1%)Newark: 82 residents work here (2%)New York: 164 residents work here (4%)Berkeley Township: 138 residents work here (3%)Barnegat TownshipJackson Township: 80 residents work here (2%)Lakewood Township: 250 residents work here (6%)Stafford TownshipWall Township: 78 residents work here (2%)Brick Township: 130 residents work here (3%)Manchester Township: 113 residents work here (3%)Toms River Township: 638 residents work here (15%)Lacey TownshipSilver RidgePine Ridge at CrestwoodHoliday City SouthHoliday City-BerkeleyToms River TownshipLakewood TownshipNew YorkBerkeley TownshipBrick TownshipManchester TownshipHoliday City-Berkeley
115%638
26%250
3
New York City, NY51.6 mi away
4%164
43%138
5
Brick Township11.4 mi away
3%130
63%113
7
Newark52.9 mi away
2%82
8
Jackson Township9.8 mi away
2%80
9
Wall Township17 mi away
2%78
10
Trenton31.3 mi away
1%61
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%2,422
The top trips

Where Holiday City-Berkeley clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey

A year of commuting
256 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Holiday City-Berkeley33 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

of Holiday City-Berkeley workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Holiday City-Berkeley gets to work
95%Drive alone
3%Carpool
1%Walk
<1%Bike

Share of the 2,948 commuters (the 13% 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 far

Where in the region Holiday City-Berkeley works

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miToms River Township: 15% · 6.4 miLakewood Township: 6% · 9 miNew York City: 4% · 51.6 miBerkeley Township: 3% · 5.7 miBrick Township: 3% · 11.4 miManchester Township: 3% · 5.1 miNewark: 2% · 52.9 miJackson Township: 2% · 9.8 miWall Township: 2% · 17 miTrenton: 1% · 31.3 miToms River Township 15%Lakewood Township 6%New York City 4%Berkeley Township 3%Brick Township 3%Holiday City-Berkeley
Holiday City-BerkeleyTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi1,285 residents
19%10–24 mi780 residents
29%25–50 mi1,197 residents
21%Over 50 mi887 residents

About 21% 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.

Next door

18% of Holiday City-Berkeley works in a town next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Toms River Township30 min
Silver Ridge32 min
Holiday City South32 min
Manchester Township33 min
Holiday City-Berkeley33 min
Pine Ridge at Crestwood34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownHoliday City-Berkeley workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Holiday City-Berkeley–——33 min$50,156
Holiday City Southunder 2%——32 min—
Toms River Township15%A−B30 min$99,547
Silver Ridgeunder 2%——32 min—
Pine Ridge at Crestwoodunder 2%——34 min—
Manchester Township3%CC+33 min$56,885

Same-state neighbors only. Holiday City South, Silver Ridge and Pine Ridge at Crestwood: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Toms River Township. Darker towns draw more of Holiday City-Berkeley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Holiday City-Berkeley: questions

What is the median household income in Holiday City-Berkeley?

$50,156 (±$5,385) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Holiday City-Berkeley?

9.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Holiday City-Berkeley?

33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Holiday City-Berkeley work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toms River Township (15%, 6 mi), Lakewood Township (6%, 9 mi), New York City (4%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Holiday City-Berkeley without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Holiday City-Berkeley, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Holiday City-Berkeley

Holiday City-Berkeley home →

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.