Work & commute · Calabash

Work & commute in Calabash, NC

Most working residents leave Calabash for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (8%), Shallotte (7%) and North Myrtle Beach (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

74 of 699 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 625 Calabash residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 964 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calabash.

625live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

964work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calabash goes to work

Calabash (in town)right here

11%74

Wilmington42.9 mi away

8%57

Shallotte10.4 mi away

7%49

North Myrtle Beach, SC11.2 mi away

5%34

Sunset Beach2.3 mi away

4%28

Raleigh133 mi away

4%28

Charlotte158.2 mi away

3%23

Carolina Shores1.8 mi away

3%20

Little River, SC6 mi away

2%14

Fayetteville84.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%362

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

How far

How far Calabash commutes

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

36%

14%

17%

33%

36%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calabash is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Calabash are

1,038 jobs are based in Calabash. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calabash’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calabash

1,038 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Calabash residents hold

699 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+2%

Jobs based in Calabash, 2013 → 2023: 1,016 → 1,038. 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.