Work & commute · Hatteras

Work & commute in Hatteras, NC

Most working residents leave Hatteras for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Buxton (19%), Avon (12%) and Frisco (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 127 Hatteras residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hatteras.

127live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hatteras goes to work

Buxton8.1 mi away

19%26

Avon12.6 mi away

12%17

Hatteras (in town)right here

9%12

Frisco5.2 mi away

6%8

Greenville98.6 mi away

4%6

Raleigh171.5 mi away

4%6

Waves27 mi away

4%6

Manteo46.8 mi away

3%4

Kill Devil Hills55 mi away

2%3

Charlotte290.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%48

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

How far

How far Hatteras commutes

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

33%

13%

12%

42%

33%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hatteras is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hatteras are

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

Jobs based in Hatteras

178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Hatteras residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+12%

Jobs based in Hatteras, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 178. 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.