Work & commute · Hertford

Work & commute in Hertford, NC

Most working residents leave Hertford for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Elizabeth City (12%), Edenton (8%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

112 of 799 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 687 Hertford residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 1,002 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hertford.

687live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

1,002work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hertford goes to work

Hertford (in town)right here

14%112

Elizabeth City15.1 mi away

12%93

Edenton11 mi away

8%66

Raleigh123.9 mi away

4%28

Chesapeake, VA35.9 mi away

3%21

Greenville64.8 mi away

3%20

Norfolk, VA53 mi away

2%18

Virginia Beach, VA48.2 mi away

2%17

Newport News, VA62.2 mi away

2%13

Ahoskie30.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%400

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

How far

How far Hertford commutes

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

24%

28%

19%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hertford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hertford are

1,114 jobs are based in Hertford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hertford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hertford

1,114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Hertford residents hold

799 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+6%

Jobs based in Hertford, 2013 → 2023: 1,049 → 1,114. 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.