Work & commute · Brices Creek

Work & commute in Brices Creek, NC

Most working residents leave Brices Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New Bern (40%), James City (6%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,377 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,364 Brices Creek residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brices Creek.

1,364live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brices Creek goes to work

New Bern3.9 mi away

40%544

James City4.8 mi away

6%89

Raleigh103.5 mi away

4%52

Jacksonville27.6 mi away

3%47

Greenville42.1 mi away

3%46

Havelock13.6 mi away

3%39

Morehead City28.9 mi away

2%32

Trent Woods3.2 mi away

2%21

Kinston33.2 mi away

1%15

Wilmington73.2 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%478

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

How far

How far Brices Creek commutes

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

53%

17%

22%

53%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brices Creek is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brices Creek are

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

Jobs based in Brices Creek

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Brices Creek residents hold

1,377 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+10%

Jobs based in Brices Creek, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 133. 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.