Work & commute · Belhaven

Work & commute in Belhaven, NC

Most working residents leave Belhaven for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (8%), Washington (6%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

80 of 557 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 477 Belhaven residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 340 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belhaven.

477live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

340work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belhaven goes to work

Belhaven (in town)right here

14%80

Greenville42.4 mi away

8%47

Washington23.9 mi away

6%34

Raleigh115 mi away

3%18

Durham131 mi away

3%15

Elizabeth City56.2 mi away

1%8

Kinston57.7 mi away

1%8

Pantego3.7 mi away

1%7

Williamston32.5 mi away

1%7

New Bern40.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%326

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

How far

How far Belhaven commutes

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

32%

13%

21%

34%

32%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belhaven is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belhaven are

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

Jobs based in Belhaven

420 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Belhaven residents hold

557 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−25%

Jobs based in Belhaven, 2013 → 2023: 559 → 420. 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.