Work & commute · Carolina Beach

Work & commute in Carolina Beach, NC

About one in 5 of Carolina Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (30%), Raleigh (4%) and Myrtle Grove (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

541 of 2,583 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,042 Carolina Beach residents head out of town to work, 541 work right here, and 1,879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carolina Beach.

2,042live here, work elsewhere

541live and work here

1,879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carolina Beach goes to work

Wilmington11.6 mi away

30%779

Carolina Beach (in town)right here

21%541

Raleigh130.6 mi away

4%104

Myrtle Grove5.9 mi away

3%71

Charlotte185.1 mi away

3%69

Murraysville17.6 mi away

2%49

Greensboro178.8 mi away

1%28

Fayetteville94.3 mi away

1%25

Durham145.2 mi away

1%24

Northchase18.4 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%870

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

How far

How far Carolina Beach commutes

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

31%

39%

28%

31%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carolina Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carolina Beach are

2,420 jobs are based in Carolina Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carolina Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carolina Beach

2,420 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Carolina Beach residents hold

2,583 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+75%

Jobs based in Carolina Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1,384 → 2,420. 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.