Work & commute · Havelock

Work & commute in Havelock, NC

Most working residents leave Havelock for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are New Bern (12%), Morehead City (9%) and Jacksonville (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

815 of 5,176 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 4,361 Havelock residents head out of town to work, 815 work right here, and 3,704 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Havelock.

4,361live here, work elsewhere

815live and work here

3,704work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Havelock goes to work

Havelock (in town)right here

16%815

New Bern16 mi away

12%641

Morehead City15.5 mi away

9%491

Jacksonville30.7 mi away

5%275

Raleigh117 mi away

4%204

James City11 mi away

3%147

Greenville54.6 mi away

3%137

Beaufort18.8 mi away

2%110

Wilmington74.1 mi away

2%96

Newport9.6 mi away

1%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,183

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

How far

How far Havelock commutes

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

20%

36%

11%

33%

20%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Havelock is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Havelock are

4,519 jobs are based in Havelock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Havelock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Havelock

4,519 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Havelock residents hold

5,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+12%

Jobs based in Havelock, 2013 → 2023: 4,018 → 4,519. 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.