Work & commute · Belville

Work & commute in Belville, NC

Most working residents leave Belville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (41%), Leland (7%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 1,152 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,142 Belville residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 845 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belville.

1,142live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

845work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belville goes to work

Wilmington6.5 mi away

41%473

Leland2.6 mi away

7%80

Raleigh117.4 mi away

3%35

Kings Grant8.6 mi away

2%23

Charlotte174.9 mi away

2%22

Murraysville10.3 mi away

2%22

Shallotte27.4 mi away

2%20

Durham131.9 mi away

1%17

Southport19.6 mi away

1%14

Carolina Beach13.3 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%435

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

How far

How far Belville commutes

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

56%

18%

21%

56%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belville is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belville are

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

Jobs based in Belville

855 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Belville residents hold

1,152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−5%

Jobs based in Belville, 2013 → 2023: 902 → 855. 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.