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Work & commute · Broad Creek

Work & commute in Broad Creek, NC

Most working residents leave Broad Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Morehead City (22%), New Bern (5%) and Beaufort (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
22 of 831 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 809 Broad Creek residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broad Creek.

809live here, work elsewhere
22live and work here
363work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Broad Creek goes to work

Cedar PointCape CarteretBoguePeletierEmerald IsleBeaufortMorehead CityNewportHavelockGreenvilleNew BernJacksonvilleRaleighBroad CreekMorehead CityNew BernBeaufortRaleighHavelockEmerald IsleJacksonvilleNewportGreenvilleBroad Creek
1
Morehead City10.3 mi away
22%182
2
New Bern26.2 mi away
5%41
3
Beaufort15.1 mi away
4%35
4
Raleigh123.2 mi away
4%33
5
Havelock12.1 mi away
4%31
6
Emerald Isle8 mi away
4%30
7
Jacksonville27 mi away
3%26
8
Newport3.4 mi away
3%23
9
Broad Creek (in town)right here
3%22
10
Greenville64.9 mi away
2%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%389

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

How far

How far Broad Creek commutes

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

36%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Broad Creek is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Broad Creek are

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

Jobs based in Broad Creek

385 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)43%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Broad Creek residents hold

831 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month46%
+157%

Jobs based in Broad Creek, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 385. 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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