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 4.0More people are out of work in Keyport (12.8%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. Keyport grades B− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Only 5% work in Keyport itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (12%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Keyport: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Keyport is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #386 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Keyport’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Keyport could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Keyport on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,469 residents head out to work, 174 work right here, and 1,472 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Keyport on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Keyport goes to work
Where Keyport clocks in
12% of workers
3% 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.
The 1,646 jobs based in Keyport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keyport, 2013 → 2023: 1,742 → 1,646. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keyport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Keyport: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keyport workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,192 commuters (the 15% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Keyport
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Keyport, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Keyport is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #118 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Keyport 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 3,745 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 88% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 45% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 13.6% of Keyport households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Keyport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Keyport is 1,654th among 3,122 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,652 | Brownville NY | 5,698 | $88K | 10.3% | 2.7% | 8% | B− |
| 1,653 | Lansdowne MD | 7,876 | $59K | 21.7% | 2.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,654 | Keyport NJ | 7,235 | $82K | 9.1% | 12.8% | 5% | B− |
| 1,655 | Somerdale NJ | 5,823 | $86K | 13.8% | 6.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,656 | Nazareth PA | 6,091 | $57K | 16.0% | 1.9% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Keyport, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
How Keyport compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hazlet Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keyport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyport | – | B− | A+ | 30 min | $82,321 |
| Hazlet Township | 3% | A | A | 32 min | $122,020 |
| Keansburg | under 2% | B | A+ | 26 min | $81,428 |
| Union Beach | under 2% | A− | A | 32 min | $119,250 |
| Aberdeen Township | 2% | A | A+ | 33 min | $121,795 |
| Cliffwood Beach | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cliffwood Beach: 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 Keyport’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 2023, 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 Keyport: questions
What is the median household income in Keyport?
$82,321 (±$6,200) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keyport?
9.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keyport?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keyport work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (12%, 21 mi), Middletown Township (3%, 7 mi), Hazlet Township (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Keyport walkable?
Keyport is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.9 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keyport without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 45% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keyport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keyport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.