Work & commute · Camden

Work & commute in Camden, NC

Most working residents leave Camden for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Elizabeth City (17%), Chesapeake (13%) and Virginia Beach (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 264 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 260 Camden residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camden.

260live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Camden goes to work

Elizabeth City4.4 mi away

17%46

Chesapeake, VA25.6 mi away

13%35

Virginia Beach, VA32.3 mi away

8%20

Norfolk, VA41.5 mi away

5%12

Raleigh142.2 mi away

3%7

Greenville84.2 mi away

2%6

Moyock12.2 mi away

2%6

Charlotte272.5 mi away

2%4

Camden (in town)right here

2%4

Edenton30.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%121

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

How far

How far Camden commutes

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

31%

11%

32%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Camden is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Camden are

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

Jobs based in Camden

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Camden residents hold

264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−37%

Jobs based in Camden, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 142. 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.