Work & commute · Duck

Work & commute in Duck, NC

Most working residents leave Duck for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Kitty Hawk (14%), Kill Devil Hills (11%) and Southern Shores (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

25 of 263 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

51%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 238 Duck residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 986 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duck.

238live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

986work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duck goes to work

Kitty Hawk8.3 mi away

14%38

Kill Devil Hills12.6 mi away

11%30

Duck (in town)right here

10%25

Southern Shores5 mi away

7%18

Nags Head18.3 mi away

6%17

Manteo20.7 mi away

4%11

Greenville99.5 mi away

3%7

Fayetteville196.2 mi away

2%5

Virginia Beach, VA43.7 mi away

2%4

Chesapeake, VA45.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%104

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

How far

How far Duck commutes

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

38%

27%

29%

38%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duck is a job hub

3.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Duck are

1,011 jobs are based in Duck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Duck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Duck

1,011 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Duck residents hold

263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+25%

Jobs based in Duck, 2013 → 2023: 806 → 1,011. 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.