Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Ocean Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Ocean Township report 1,090 jobs for 3,695 working residents. Jobs and income earn Ocean Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ocean Township: the gist
Ocean Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Ocean Township is a place people come home to
There are 1,090 jobs based in Ocean Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ocean Township has about 6,700 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Ocean Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ocean Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #400 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Ocean Township’s grade up ($100,524, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ocean Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Each way, about 37 minutes from Ocean Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocean Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,365 commuters (the 10% 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 a workday changes Ocean Township
On a workday 3,480 residents head out to work, 215 work right here, and 875 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Ocean Township 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.
10% of working residents work in Toms River Township
Where Ocean Township clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Ocean Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocean Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,187 → 1,090. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Ocean Township
About 22% 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.
Few in Ocean Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ocean Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #373 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% 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 3,744 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 36% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 3.0% of Ocean Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ocean Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ocean Township is 1,669th of 2,867 U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,667 | North Versailles Township PA | 9,587 | $53K | 18.1% | 2.3% | 4% | B− |
| 1,668 | St. Rose LA | 7,644 | $74K | 8.1% | 8.8% | 4% | B− |
| 1,669 | Ocean Township NJ | 9,314 | $101K | 9.0% | 7.9% | 6% | B− |
| 1,670 | Cambridge MN | 11,090 | $69K | 10.5% | 3.4% | 24% | B− |
| 1,671 | Aberdeen NC | 10,066 | $75K | 10.5% | 3.7% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,867 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Ocean Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work next door: 11% of Ocean Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Lacey Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ocean Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Township | – | B− | B+ | 37 min | $100,524 |
| Lacey Township | 5% | B+ | B | 32 min | $102,624 |
| Berkeley Township | 3% | C+ | B | 34 min | $66,008 |
| Barnegat Township | 3% | B− | B− | 28 min | $91,540 |
| Long Beach Township | under 2% | B− | A | 29 min | $113,224 |
| Barnegat Light | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Forked River | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Barnegat Light: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Forked River: 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 Ocean 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 Ocean Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ocean Township?
$100,524 (±$10,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocean Township?
9.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocean Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocean Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toms River Township (10%, 14 mi), Stafford Township (6%, 6 mi), Lacey Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ocean Township walkable?
Ocean Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ocean Township without a car?
1% 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 Ocean Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocean 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.