Work & commute · Caswell Beach

Work & commute in Caswell Beach, NC

Most working residents leave Caswell Beach for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Oak Island (16%), Wilmington (10%) and Southport (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 103 Caswell Beach residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caswell Beach.

103live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caswell Beach goes to work

Oak Island4.1 mi away

16%17

Wilmington22.9 mi away

10%11

Southport3 mi away

6%7

Caswell Beach (in town)right here

5%5

Charlotte182.1 mi away

5%5

Leland21.3 mi away

3%3

Jacksonville68.1 mi away

3%3

Greensboro181.6 mi away

3%3

Swepsonville164.3 mi away

2%2

Whiteville47.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%50

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

How far

How far Caswell Beach commutes

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

35%

19%

12%

35%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caswell Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Caswell Beach are

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

Jobs based in Caswell Beach

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Caswell Beach residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+20%

Jobs based in Caswell Beach, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 85. 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.