Work & commute · Indian Beach

Work & commute in Indian Beach, NC

Most working residents leave Indian Beach for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Morehead City (23%), Pine Knoll Shores (6%) and Atlantic Beach (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 62 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

52%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 61 Indian Beach residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indian Beach.

61live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indian Beach goes to work

Morehead City9.6 mi away

23%14

Pine Knoll Shores3.7 mi away

6%4

Atlantic Beach8.9 mi away

6%4

Beaufort14.1 mi away

6%4

Jacksonville28.4 mi away

5%3

Emerald Isle7.7 mi away

3%2

Greenville68.5 mi away

3%2

Goldsboro77.4 mi away

3%2

Charlotte225.7 mi away

3%2

Fayetteville120.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%23

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

How far

How far Indian Beach commutes

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

44%

13%

35%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indian Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Indian Beach are

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

Jobs based in Indian Beach

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Indian Beach residents hold

62 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+6%

Jobs based in Indian Beach, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 88. 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.