Work & commute · Engelhard

Work & commute in Engelhard, NC

Most working residents leave Engelhard for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ocracoke (18%), Swan Quarter (6%) and Manteo (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 136 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 131 Engelhard residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Engelhard.

131live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Engelhard goes to work

Ocracoke30.1 mi away

18%25

Swan Quarter18.7 mi away

6%8

Engelhard (in town)right here

4%5

Manteo33.6 mi away

3%4

Greenville77 mi away

3%4

Ahoskie76.7 mi away

2%3

Cary159.2 mi away

2%3

Raleigh149.4 mi away

2%3

Newport News, VA112 mi away

2%3

Columbia31.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%76

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

How far

How far Engelhard commutes

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

13%

17%

34%

37%

13%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Engelhard is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Engelhard are

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

Jobs based in Engelhard

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities92%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Engelhard residents hold

136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−21%

Jobs based in Engelhard, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 66. 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.