Work & commute · Grandy

Work & commute in Grandy, NC

Most working residents leave Grandy for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kitty Hawk (10%), Kill Devil Hills (8%) and Nags Head (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 1,261 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,207 Grandy residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grandy.

1,207live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grandy goes to work

Kitty Hawk14.6 mi away

10%128

Kill Devil Hills19 mi away

8%101

Nags Head24.7 mi away

5%60

Elizabeth City20.4 mi away

5%59

Grandy (in town)right here

4%54

Duck7.8 mi away

4%45

Chesapeake, VA38.6 mi away

3%40

Virginia Beach, VA38.5 mi away

3%34

Greenville94.6 mi away

3%33

Raleigh156.8 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%678

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

How far

How far Grandy commutes

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

19%

45%

12%

24%

19%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grandy is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grandy are

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

Jobs based in Grandy

409 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Grandy residents hold

1,261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+46%

Jobs based in Grandy, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 409. 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.