Work & commute · Atlantic Beach

Work & commute in Atlantic Beach, NC

Most working residents leave Atlantic Beach for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Morehead City (17%), Beaufort (7%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

58 of 442 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 384 Atlantic Beach residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 959 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atlantic Beach.

384live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

959work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atlantic Beach goes to work

Morehead City1.8 mi away

17%77

Atlantic Beach (in town)right here

13%58

Beaufort5.3 mi away

7%30

Raleigh132.5 mi away

4%18

Greenville71.4 mi away

4%17

Jacksonville37.1 mi away

3%15

New Bern32.8 mi away

3%13

Newport9.1 mi away

2%10

Wilmington73.5 mi away

2%8

Washington62.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%189

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Atlantic Beach commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

45%

10%

38%

45%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atlantic Beach is a job hub

2.30jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Atlantic Beach are

1,017 jobs are based in Atlantic Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atlantic Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Atlantic Beach

1,017 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Atlantic Beach residents hold

442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+28%

Jobs based in Atlantic Beach, 2013 → 2023: 792 → 1,017. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.