Work & commute · Cedar Point

Work & commute in Cedar Point, NC

Most working residents leave Cedar Point for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Morehead City (10%), Jacksonville (7%) and Emerald Isle (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 686 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 644 Cedar Point residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 695 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Point.

644live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

695work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar Point goes to work

Morehead City19.8 mi away

10%69

Jacksonville18 mi away

7%47

Cedar Point (in town)right here

6%42

Emerald Isle3.2 mi away

6%42

Swansboro3.4 mi away

4%27

Cape Carteret1.3 mi away

4%25

Greenville65.1 mi away

3%22

New Bern28.1 mi away

3%21

Beaufort24.4 mi away

3%19

Raleigh118.4 mi away

3%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%353

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

How far

How far Cedar Point commutes

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

30%

10%

30%

30%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Point is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Point are

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

Jobs based in Cedar Point

737 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Cedar Point residents hold

686 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+34%

Jobs based in Cedar Point, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 737. 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.