Work & commute · New Bern

Work & commute in New Bern, NC

40% of New Bern’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are James City (4%), Greenville (4%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

4,852 of 12,065 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 7,213 New Bern residents head out of town to work, 4,852 work right here, and 15,134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Bern.

7,213live here, work elsewhere

4,852live and work here

15,134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Bern goes to work

New Bern (in town)right here

40%4,852

James City5.3 mi away

4%459

Greenville38.8 mi away

4%436

Raleigh102 mi away

3%402

Jacksonville31 mi away

3%356

Havelock16 mi away

2%289

Kinston32 mi away

2%213

Wilmington76.6 mi away

2%197

Morehead City31.5 mi away

1%175

Trent Woods1.4 mi away

1%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%4,550

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

How far

How far New Bern commutes

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

52%

17%

24%

52%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Bern is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Bern are

19,986 jobs are based in New Bern. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Bern’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Bern

19,986 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs New Bern residents hold

12,065 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+14%

Jobs based in New Bern, 2013 → 2023: 17,514 → 19,986. 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.