Work & commute · Manteo

Work & commute in Manteo, NC

About one in 4 of Manteo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Nags Head (14%), Kill Devil Hills (8%) and Wanchese (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

156 of 650 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 494 Manteo residents head out of town to work, 156 work right here, and 1,727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manteo.

494live here, work elsewhere

156live and work here

1,727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manteo goes to work

Manteo (in town)right here

24%156

Nags Head3.5 mi away

14%92

Kill Devil Hills8.3 mi away

8%50

Wanchese4.1 mi away

6%40

Kitty Hawk12.4 mi away

4%29

Raleigh167.5 mi away

2%16

Greenville98.9 mi away

2%14

Charlotte295 mi away

2%13

Edenton54.1 mi away

2%10

Elizabeth City42.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%221

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

How far

How far Manteo commutes

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

61%

26%

61%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manteo is a job hub

2.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Manteo are

1,883 jobs are based in Manteo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manteo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manteo

1,883 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Manteo residents hold

650 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+7%

Jobs based in Manteo, 2013 → 2023: 1,754 → 1,883. 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.