Ocean Acres has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 2,217 jobs in Ocean Acres, and 8,926 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Ocean Acres; the top destination outside it is Stafford Township (15%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute from Ocean Acres lasts 33 minutes (New Jersey 31, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ocean Acres: the gist
Ocean Acres has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Ocean Acres went from 1,154 in 2013 to 2,217 in 2023, +92%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Ocean Acres’ commute
The biggest draw, Toms River Township, gets only 7% of working residents, and 59% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Ocean Acres residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
In Ocean Acres, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocean Acres, 2013 → 2023: 1,154 → 2,217. 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 Ocean Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Ocean Acres ends
Where Ocean Acres clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
Who leaves Ocean Acres for work, and who comes in
On a workday 8,593 residents head out to work, 333 work right here, and 1,884 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Ocean Acres on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 33 minutes each way for Ocean Acres’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocean Acres workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,770 commuters (the 11% 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 Ocean Acres
About 19% 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.
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 Ocean Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Ocean Acres?
$121,924 (±$12,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocean Acres?
2.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocean Acres?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocean Acres work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stafford Township (15%, 3 mi), Toms River Township (7%, 18 mi), Barnegat Township (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ocean Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocean Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocean Acres
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.