Work & commute · Myrtle Grove

Work & commute in Myrtle Grove, NC

Most working residents leave Myrtle Grove for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (44%), Raleigh (3%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

284 of 5,083 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,799 Myrtle Grove residents head out of town to work, 284 work right here, and 2,201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Myrtle Grove.

4,799live here, work elsewhere

284live and work here

2,201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Myrtle Grove goes to work

Wilmington5.7 mi away

44%2,238

Myrtle Grove (in town)right here

6%284

Raleigh125.3 mi away

3%160

Charlotte183.2 mi away

3%144

Carolina Beach5.9 mi away

3%137

Murraysville11.7 mi away

2%126

Kings Grant9.8 mi away

2%105

Durham140.1 mi away

1%59

Leland10.8 mi away

1%58

Fayetteville90.4 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,718

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

How far

How far Myrtle Grove commutes

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

58%

15%

24%

58%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Myrtle Grove is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Myrtle Grove are

2,485 jobs are based in Myrtle Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Myrtle Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Myrtle Grove

2,485 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Myrtle Grove residents hold

5,083 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+68%

Jobs based in Myrtle Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,481 → 2,485. 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.