Work & commute · Atlantic

Work & commute in Atlantic, NC

Most working residents leave Atlantic for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Morehead City (20%), Beaufort (11%) and Raleigh (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 148 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 144 Atlantic residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atlantic.

144live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atlantic goes to work

Morehead City24.7 mi away

20%30

Beaufort20.7 mi away

11%17

Raleigh145.2 mi away

6%9

New Bern43.7 mi away

3%5

Atlantic (in town)right here

3%4

Greenville76.4 mi away

2%3

Goldsboro98.2 mi away

2%3

Atlantic Beach25.8 mi away

1%2

Newport31.3 mi away

1%2

Washington61.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%71

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

How far

How far Atlantic commutes

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

22%

28%

42%

9%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atlantic is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Atlantic are

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

Jobs based in Atlantic

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Atlantic residents hold

148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−30%

Jobs based in Atlantic, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 23. 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.