Work & commute · Grantsboro

Work & commute in Grantsboro, NC

Most working residents leave Grantsboro for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Bern (20%), Bayboro (9%) and Alliance (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 252 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 242 Grantsboro residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grantsboro.

242live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grantsboro goes to work

New Bern13.3 mi away

20%50

Bayboro4.3 mi away

9%23

Alliance2 mi away

5%13

James City11.1 mi away

5%13

Grantsboro (in town)right here

4%10

Oriental12.3 mi away

3%7

Raleigh111.6 mi away

3%7

Charlotte225.2 mi away

2%5

Havelock16.6 mi away

2%4

Greenville43.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%116

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

How far

How far Grantsboro commutes

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

24%

38%

10%

28%

24%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grantsboro is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grantsboro are

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

Jobs based in Grantsboro

435 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Grantsboro residents hold

252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+31%

Jobs based in Grantsboro, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 435. 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.