Work & commute · Neuse Forest

Work & commute in Neuse Forest, NC

Most working residents leave Neuse Forest for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New Bern (23%), Havelock (12%) and Morehead City (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 655 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 649 Neuse Forest residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Neuse Forest.

649live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Neuse Forest goes to work

New Bern11.4 mi away

23%148

Havelock4.6 mi away

12%79

Morehead City20.2 mi away

5%36

Raleigh112.8 mi away

5%33

James City6.3 mi away

4%25

Greenville49.9 mi away

4%23

Jacksonville30.2 mi away

3%21

Wilmington74.8 mi away

2%14

Kinston42.5 mi away

2%10

Cary120 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%257

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

How far

How far Neuse Forest commutes

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

21%

36%

13%

30%

21%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Neuse Forest is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Neuse Forest are

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

Jobs based in Neuse Forest

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Neuse Forest residents hold

655 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−32%

Jobs based in Neuse Forest, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 47. 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.