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 4.0Households in Pine Beach have higher incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 2.9% of residents, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. Jobs and income earn Pine Beach A; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 2% work in Pine Beach itself; outside it, Toms River Township draws the most (21%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pine Beach: the gist
Pine Beach is a place people come home to
There are 227 jobs based in Pine Beach, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pine Beach has about 1,500 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Pine Beach are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. 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 988 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Pine Beach
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pine Beach is better than 90% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($142,920, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pine Beach could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Pine Beach on a workday afternoon
On a workday 971 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Pine Beach on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 from Pine Beach: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Beach workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,146 commuters (the 12% 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 Pine Beach goes to work
Where Pine Beach clocks in
21% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Pine Beach
227 jobs are based in Pine Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Beach, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 227. 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 Pine Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Pine Beach commutes less than 13 miles
About 16% 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 Pine Beach walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Beach is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 1,306 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 42% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 1.5% of Pine Beach households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pine Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pine Beach ranks: 348th of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 56 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 346 | Park View IA | 2,437 | $113K | 2.8% | 3.0% | 1% | A |
| 347 | Holiday Valley OH | 1,660 | $92K | 3.7% | 2.3% | 2% | A |
| 348 | Pine Beach NJ | 2,233 | $143K | 2.9% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| 349 | Newtown OH | 2,684 | $99K | 5.9% | 2.1% | 5% | A |
| 350 | Will Township IL | 1,790 | $112K | 3.1% | 3.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pine Beach, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door to Pine Beach
The biggest share goes to Berkeley Township (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Beach | – | A | B+ | 23 min | $142,920 |
| Berkeley Township | 8% | C+ | B | 34 min | $66,008 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine Beach’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 Pine Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Beach?
$142,920 (±$23,918) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Beach?
2.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Beach?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Beach work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toms River Township (21%, 4 mi), Berkeley Township (8%, 2 mi), Lakewood Township (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Beach walkable?
Pine Beach is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Beach without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Beach
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.