Work & commute · Edenton

Work & commute in Edenton, NC

About one in 3 of Edenton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elizabeth City (5%), Greenville (3%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

534 of 1,639 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,105 Edenton residents head out of town to work, 534 work right here, and 2,895 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edenton.

1,105live here, work elsewhere

534live and work here

2,895work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edenton goes to work

Edenton (in town)right here

33%534

Elizabeth City25.9 mi away

5%74

Greenville53.9 mi away

3%54

Raleigh115.3 mi away

3%52

Virginia Beach, VA59 mi away

2%32

Chesapeake, VA46 mi away

2%28

Hertford11 mi away

2%26

Ahoskie26.8 mi away

1%21

Washington42.4 mi away

1%20

Newport News, VA70.5 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%778

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

How far

How far Edenton commutes

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

41%

10%

16%

33%

41%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edenton is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edenton are

3,429 jobs are based in Edenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edenton

3,429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Edenton residents hold

1,639 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+18%

Jobs based in Edenton, 2013 → 2023: 2,915 → 3,429. 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.