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Loch Arbour has 56 jobs, against 70 working residents. Hardly any stay in Loch Arbour for work; outside it, Newark is the main destination (9%, 35 miles). The trip to work takes 37 minutes on average, next to 31 for New Jersey and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Loch Arbour on a workday afternoon
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Loch Arbour goes to work
Where Loch Arbour clocks in
9% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Loch Arbour
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loch Arbour, 2014 → 2024: 43 → 56. 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 Loch Arbour’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Loch Arbour’s commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loch Arbour workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 commuters (the 12% 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.
The distance from Loch Arbour to work
About 16% 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.
Loch Arbour and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Asbury Park (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loch Arbour workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loch Arbour | – | — | — | 37 min | $118,750 |
| Interlaken | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Allenhurst | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Asbury Park | 4% | C+ | A+ | 26 min | $75,544 |
Same-state neighbors only. Interlaken and Allenhurst: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Loch Arbour’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 Loch Arbour: questions
What is the median household income in Loch Arbour?
$118,750 (±$58,518) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loch Arbour?
5.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loch Arbour?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loch Arbour work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newark (9%, 35 mi), New York City (6%, 30 mi), Highlands (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Loch Arbour without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loch Arbour, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loch Arbour
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.