Photo: No machine-readable author provided. JimIrwin assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5With 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
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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Holiday City-Berkeley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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.
About 9,500 people are in Holiday City-Berkeley 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 places Holiday City-Berkeley commutes to
Where Holiday City-Berkeley clocks in
15% of workers
6% 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.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holiday City-Berkeley workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
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.
Where in the region Holiday City-Berkeley works
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.
18% of Holiday City-Berkeley works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holiday City-Berkeley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday City-Berkeley | – | — | — | 33 min | $50,156 |
| Holiday City South | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Toms River Township | 15% | A− | B | 30 min | $99,547 |
| Silver Ridge | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Pine Ridge at Crestwood | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Manchester Township | 3% | C | C+ | 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.
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 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.
More of Holiday City-Berkeley
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.