Work & commute · Navassa

Work & commute in Navassa, NC

Most working residents leave Navassa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (35%), Leland (6%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 624 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 610 Navassa residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 374 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Navassa.

610live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

374work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Navassa goes to work

Wilmington10.1 mi away

35%220

Leland4.8 mi away

6%38

Raleigh112.3 mi away

3%19

Kings Grant10.2 mi away

2%15

Navassa (in town)right here

2%14

Murraysville11.2 mi away

2%13

Charlotte170.9 mi away

2%12

Greenville98.2 mi away

1%9

Shallotte28.8 mi away

1%8

Northchase9.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%268

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

How far

How far Navassa commutes

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

52%

19%

24%

52%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Navassa is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Navassa are

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

Jobs based in Navassa

388 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Navassa residents hold

624 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+126%

Jobs based in Navassa, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 388. 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.