Work & commute · Holden Beach

Work & commute in Holden Beach, NC

Most working residents leave Holden Beach for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (9%), Raleigh (7%) and Shallotte (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

39 of 270 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 231 Holden Beach residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holden Beach.

231live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holden Beach goes to work

Holden Beach (in town)right here

14%39

Wilmington32.3 mi away

9%25

Raleigh133.9 mi away

7%18

Shallotte5.7 mi away

5%14

Durham146.4 mi away

3%8

Charlotte168.6 mi away

3%7

Ocean Isle Beach6.7 mi away

2%5

Southport18 mi away

2%5

Jacksonville77.4 mi away

2%5

Chapel Hill145.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%141

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

How far

How far Holden Beach commutes

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

32%

10%

18%

40%

32%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holden Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Holden Beach are

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

Jobs based in Holden Beach

240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Holden Beach residents hold

270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+15%

Jobs based in Holden Beach, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 240. 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.