Photo: Smallbones · Public domainMaking a living in Ocean View
0% of workers work from home; New Jersey has 17%. Only 3% stay in Ocean View for work; outside it, Middle Township is the main destination (19%, 9 miles). Working residents average 16 minutes each way; New Jersey averages 31, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ocean View and work: the main findings
Commutes from Ocean View are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker, and quicker than any town next door (23 to 25 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Ocean View and Middle Township trade workers both ways
Middle Township is the top workplace for Ocean View residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Ocean View come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Ocean View workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 301 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The trip to work from Ocean View: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocean View workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where Ocean View goes to work
Where Ocean View clocks in
19% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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 works in Ocean View, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 292 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 345 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 (1.18 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.
Ocean View works in goods: 39% of its jobs
354 jobs are based in Ocean View.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocean View, 2013 → 2023: 358 → 354. 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 View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Ocean View commutes
About 21% 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.
Next door to Ocean View
The biggest share goes to Upper Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ocean View workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean View | – | — | — | 16 min | $107,344 |
| Upper Township | 6% | A | C+ | 24 min | $111,991 |
| Seaville | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| South Seaville | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Seaville and South Seaville: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ocean View’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 View: questions
What is the median household income in Ocean View?
$107,344 (±$103,446) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocean View?
4.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocean View?
16 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocean View work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middle Township (19%, 9 mi), Dennis Township (12%, 4 mi), Upper Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ocean View 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 Ocean View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocean View
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.