Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Oakhurst works elsewhere
Only 3% stay in Oakhurst for work; outside it, Ocean Township is the main destination (15%, 1 miles). There are 863 jobs in Oakhurst, against 1,739 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes (New Jersey 31, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oakhurst and work: the main findings
Commuting from Oakhurst: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakhurst workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,373 commuters (the 20% 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.
A workday in Oakhurst: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,689 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 813 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Oakhurst on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Commuting out of Oakhurst: the destinations
Where Oakhurst clocks in
15% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Oakhurst is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakhurst, 2013 → 2023: 849 → 863. 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 Oakhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Oakhurst
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.
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 Oakhurst: questions
What is the median household income in Oakhurst?
$145,893 (±$31,986) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakhurst?
1.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakhurst?
21 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakhurst work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ocean Township (15%, 1 mi), New York City (7%, 28 mi), Long Branch (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oakhurst without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakhurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakhurst
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.