Work & commute · Morehead

Work & commute in Morehead, NC

About one in 3 of Morehead’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Beaufort (7%), Atlantic Beach (4%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

1,113 of 3,643 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,530 Morehead residents head out of town to work, 1,113 work right here, and 7,732 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morehead.

2,530live here, work elsewhere

1,113live and work here

7,732work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morehead goes to work

Morehead City (in town)right here

31%1,113

Beaufort4.7 mi away

7%271

Atlantic Beach1.8 mi away

4%148

Raleigh131.7 mi away

4%148

New Bern31.5 mi away

3%120

Jacksonville37.3 mi away

3%106

Havelock15.5 mi away

2%86

Greenville70 mi away

2%79

Newport8.6 mi away

2%75

Wilmington74.6 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,451

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

How far

How far Morehead commutes

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

53%

31%

53%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morehead is a job hub

2.43jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morehead are

8,845 jobs are based in Morehead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morehead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morehead

8,845 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Morehead residents hold

3,643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+3%

Jobs based in Morehead, 2013 → 2023: 8,591 → 8,845. 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.