Photo: Hornbaker Chelsi, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Public domainUnemployment in Long Beach Township (12.2%) is higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
31% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across New Jersey. For jobs and income Long Beach Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (A). Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Long Beach Township apart on work
Long Beach Township trades workers with the towns around it
Long Beach Township has about as many jobs (1,059) as working residents (1,124), but they are mostly different people: 1,003 residents leave for work each day while 938 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Long Beach Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Long Beach Township
31% of Long Beach Township workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Long Beach Township’s workforce skews older
39% of Long Beach Township’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Long Beach Township
Household income holds Long Beach Township’s grade up ($113,224, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Long Beach Township could be anywhere from C+ to B.
Who leaves Long Beach Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,003 residents head out to work, 121 work right here, and 938 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 (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Long Beach Township’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Long Beach Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 831 commuters (the 31% 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.
Jobs in Long Beach Township: what the 1,059 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Long Beach Township, 2013 → 2023: 859 → 1,059. 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 Long Beach Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Long Beach Township
About 34% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
7% of working residents work in Stafford Township
Where Long Beach Township clocks in
7% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Long Beach Township
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,209 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). 2.8% of Long Beach Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Long Beach Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200, Long Beach Township comes 2,278th 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 33 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
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| 62 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
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| 2,276 | Fredericktown OH | 2,658 | $66K | 12.5% | 2.4% | 8% | B− |
| 2,277 | Rockport ME | 3,628 | $87K | 5.3% | 6.6% | 24% | B− |
| 2,278 | Long Beach Township NJ | 3,148 | $113K | 4.5% | 12.2% | 11% | B− |
| 2,279 | Silvercreek Township OH | 3,839 | $69K | 9.9% | 4.4% | 11% | B− |
| 2,280 | Maiden NC | 3,922 | $76K | 19.7% | 2.6% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Long Beach Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns next door employ 19% of Long Beach Township
The biggest share goes to Stafford Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Long Beach Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Township | – | B− | A | 29 min | $113,224 |
| Stafford Township | 7% | A− | B | 31 min | $117,612 |
| Ocean Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 37 min | $100,524 |
| Eagleswood Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 26 min | $101,875 |
| Little Egg Harbor Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 33 min | $92,446 |
| Beach Haven | 6% | B+ | A | 41 min | $144,167 |
| Barnegat Light | 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Harvey Cedars | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Ship Bottom | 2% | A− | A | 27 min | $108,750 |
| Surf City | 2% | A− | A | 35 min | $118,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Barnegat Light and Harvey Cedars: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Long Beach Township’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 Long Beach Township: questions
What is the median household income in Long Beach Township?
$113,224 (±$14,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Long Beach Township?
4.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Long Beach Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Long Beach Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stafford Township (7%, 8 mi), Beach Haven (6%, 2 mi), Toms River Township (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Long Beach Township walkable?
Long Beach Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Long Beach Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Long Beach Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Long Beach Township
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.