Work & commute · Hallsboro

Work & commute in Hallsboro, NC

Most working residents leave Hallsboro for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Whiteville (12%), Lake Waccamaw (6%) and Wilmington (6%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 151 Hallsboro residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hallsboro.

151live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hallsboro goes to work

Whiteville6.2 mi away

12%18

Lake Waccamaw4.7 mi away

6%9

Wilmington41.1 mi away

6%9

Fayetteville56.9 mi away

5%8

Elizabethtown20.9 mi away

5%7

Raleigh104.6 mi away

4%6

Shallotte26.5 mi away

3%4

Charlotte141.1 mi away

3%4

Jacksonville73.9 mi away

3%4

Lumberton32.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%81

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

How far

How far Hallsboro commutes

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

22%

14%

34%

30%

22%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hallsboro is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hallsboro are

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

Jobs based in Hallsboro

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hallsboro residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−6%

Jobs based in Hallsboro, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 79. 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.