Work & commute · Bald Head Island

Work & commute in Bald Head Island, NC

About one in 4 of Bald Head Island’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (15%), North Myrtle Beach (5%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

20 of 78 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

62%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 58 Bald Head Island residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bald Head Island.

58live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bald Head Island goes to work

Bald Head Island (in town)right here

26%20

Wilmington24.3 mi away

15%12

North Myrtle Beach, SC41.9 mi away

5%4

Charlotte186.9 mi away

4%3

Myrtle Grove18.7 mi away

4%3

Whiteville52.2 mi away

3%2

Kings Grant28.5 mi away

3%2

Hampstead36.7 mi away

3%2

Wrightsville Beach26.1 mi away

1%1

Tabor City54.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%28

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

How far

How far Bald Head Island commutes

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

29%

18%

31%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bald Head Island is a job hub

6.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bald Head Island are

545 jobs are based in Bald Head Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bald Head Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bald Head Island

545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bald Head Island residents hold

78 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−6%

Jobs based in Bald Head Island, 2013 → 2023: 579 → 545. 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.