Work & commute · Manns Harbor

Work & commute in Manns Harbor, NC

Most working residents leave Manns Harbor for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Manteo (15%), Nags Head (10%) and Wanchese (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 321 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 298 Manns Harbor residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manns Harbor.

298live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manns Harbor goes to work

Manteo7.2 mi away

15%48

Nags Head9.3 mi away

10%31

Manns Harbor (in town)right here

7%23

Wanchese8.8 mi away

6%20

Kill Devil Hills10.2 mi away

6%19

Kitty Hawk12.4 mi away

4%14

Norfolk, VA75.3 mi away

3%11

Elizabeth City37.4 mi away

3%10

Virginia Beach, VA62.4 mi away

2%8

Greenville91.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%130

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

How far

How far Manns Harbor commutes

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

49%

10%

31%

49%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manns Harbor is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manns Harbor are

61 jobs are based in Manns Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manns Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manns Harbor

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Manns Harbor residents hold

321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−19%

Jobs based in Manns Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 61. 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.