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Work & commute · Bogue

Work & commute in Bogue, NC

Most working residents leave Bogue for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Morehead City (16%), Jacksonville (10%) and Emerald Isle (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
5 of 244 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 239 Bogue residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bogue.

239live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
132work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bogue goes to work

SwansboroCedar PointCape CarteretBogueEmerald IsleMorehead CityNewportHavelockNew BernLelandJacksonvilleDurhamRaleighBroad CreekMorehead CityJacksonvilleEmerald IsleRaleighCape CarteretNew BernDurhamBroad CreekNewportBogue
1
Morehead City16.7 mi away
16%40
2
Jacksonville20.9 mi away
10%25
3
Emerald Isle1.9 mi away
5%11
4
Raleigh120.3 mi away
5%11
5
Cape Carteret1.8 mi away
3%8
6
New Bern27.8 mi away
3%8
7
Durham137.8 mi away
3%7
8
Broad Creek6.9 mi away
3%7
9
Bogue (in town)right here
2%5
10
Newport10.1 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%117

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

How far

How far Bogue commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
37%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
34%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bogue is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bogue are

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

Jobs based in Bogue

137 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bogue residents hold

244 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+38%

Jobs based in Bogue, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 137. 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.

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