Work & commute · Holly Ridge

Work & commute in Holly Ridge, NC

Most working residents leave Holly Ridge for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (12%), Surf City (7%) and Charlotte (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 1,365 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,305 Holly Ridge residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 729 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holly Ridge.

1,305live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

729work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holly Ridge goes to work

Jacksonville17.6 mi away

12%166

Surf City3.9 mi away

7%95

Charlotte193.4 mi away

5%65

Holly Ridge (in town)right here

4%60

Raleigh111.3 mi away

4%52

Wilmington28.6 mi away

3%42

Hampstead16 mi away

3%36

Burgaw22.7 mi away

2%27

Fayetteville91.2 mi away

1%20

New Bern48.4 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%786

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

How far

How far Holly Ridge commutes

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

29%

27%

10%

34%

29%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holly Ridge is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Holly Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Holly Ridge

789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Holly Ridge residents hold

1,365 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+113%

Jobs based in Holly Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 789. 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.