Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Lakehurst commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Lakehurst are B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Lakehurst has 559 jobs for 1,323 working residents. Home is the office for 8% of workers, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Lakehurst’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lakehurst is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #379 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Lakehurst’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lakehurst could be anywhere from C to A.
The daily commute in and out of Lakehurst
On a workday 1,277 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 513 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Lakehurst on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Toms River Township
Where Lakehurst clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Lakehurst
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakehurst, 2013 → 2023: 555 → 559. 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 Lakehurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Lakehurst: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakehurst workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,098 commuters (the 8% 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 Lakehurst’s workers travel
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 Lakehurst, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lakehurst is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #344 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,196 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 7.3% of Lakehurst households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lakehurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lakehurst is 2,054th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Woodbury Heights NJ | 3,162 | $123K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,052 | Keenesburg CO | 2,107 | $84K | 10.0% | 2.1% | 4% | B |
| 2,053 | Trenton IL | 2,643 | $81K | 12.4% | 4.1% | 8% | B |
| 2,054 | Lakehurst NJ | 2,735 | $85K | 10.2% | 5.8% | 3% | B |
| 2,055 | Orchard Park NY | 3,079 | $100K | 14.6% | 6.0% | 6% | B |
| 2,056 | Nasewaupee WI | 2,028 | $86K | 5.8% | 3.1% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Lakehurst, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Lakehurst
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakehurst workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakehurst | – | B | B+ | 28 min | $84,531 |
| Leisure Knoll | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leisure Knoll: 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 Lakehurst’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 Lakehurst: questions
What is the median household income in Lakehurst?
$84,531 (±$21,800) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakehurst?
10.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakehurst?
28 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 Lakehurst work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toms River Township (13%, 8 mi), Lakewood Township (9%, 8 mi), Manchester Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lakehurst walkable?
Lakehurst is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakehurst without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakehurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakehurst
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.