Work & commute · Half Moon

Work & commute in Half Moon, NC

Most working residents leave Half Moon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (39%), Wilmington (3%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 2,451 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,415 Half Moon residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 438 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Half Moon.

2,415live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

438work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Half Moon goes to work

Jacksonville7.8 mi away

39%957

Wilmington49.3 mi away

3%82

Raleigh96.1 mi away

3%74

Charlotte192.6 mi away

3%73

New Bern28.5 mi away

2%51

Fayetteville87.5 mi away

2%41

Half Moon (in town)right here

1%36

Durham113.4 mi away

1%34

Piney Green10 mi away

1%33

Havelock32.2 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,044

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

How far

How far Half Moon commutes

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

50%

14%

29%

50%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Half Moon is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Half Moon are

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

Jobs based in Half Moon

474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Half Moon residents hold

2,451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+89%

Jobs based in Half Moon, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 474. 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.