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 4.0Keansburg has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. There are 1,342 jobs in Keansburg for 5,008 working residents. The two grades for Keansburg are B for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Keansburg in brief
Keansburg is a place people come home to
There are 1,342 jobs based in Keansburg, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Keansburg has about 6,200 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Keansburg 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.
How Keansburg earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Keansburg is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #338 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Keansburg’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Keansburg could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Keansburg
On a workday 4,652 residents head out to work, 356 work right here, and 986 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Keansburg on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
How long Keansburg spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keansburg workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,544 commuters (the 7% 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.
13% of working residents work in New York City
Where Keansburg clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
What Keansburg’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keansburg, 2014 → 2024: 1,367 → 1,342. 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 Keansburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Keansburg
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Keansburg
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Keansburg is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #86 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Keansburg near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,910 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 70% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.4% of Keansburg households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Keansburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Keansburg next to U.S. towns of 6,900 to 13,300: 1,278th of 2,761 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 21 | Oradell NJ | 8,293 | $221K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,276 | Northridge OH | 7,817 | $85K | 8.2% | 4.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,277 | Cross Lanes WV | 9,671 | $64K | 5.1% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,278 | Keansburg NJ | 9,818 | $81K | 10.7% | 4.5% | 7% | B |
| 1,279 | Charter Oak CA | 9,442 | $88K | 8.0% | 7.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,280 | Palmyra Township KS | 7,847 | $81K | 3.9% | 5.5% | 17% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,761 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Keansburg, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work next door: 10% of Keansburg’s workers
The biggest share goes to Middletown Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keansburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keansburg | – | B | A+ | 26 min | $81,428 |
| Union Beach | under 2% | A− | A | 32 min | $119,250 |
| Keyport | under 2% | B− | A+ | 30 min | $82,321 |
| Hazlet Township | 3% | A | A | 32 min | $122,020 |
| Middletown Township | 7% | A− | A | 35 min | $141,810 |
| North Middletown | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Aberdeen Township | under 2% | A | A+ | 33 min | $121,795 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Middletown: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keansburg’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 Keansburg: questions
What is the median household income in Keansburg?
$81,428 (±$12,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keansburg?
10.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keansburg?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keansburg work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (13%, 18 mi), Middletown Township (7%, 6 mi), Hazlet Township (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Keansburg walkable?
Keansburg is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keansburg without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 70% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keansburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keansburg
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.