Work & commute · Northchase

Work & commute in Northchase, NC

Most working residents leave Northchase for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (45%), Kings Grant (4%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 1,722 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,656 Northchase residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 2,205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northchase.

1,656live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

2,205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northchase goes to work

Wilmington6.8 mi away

45%774

Northchase (in town)right here

4%66

Kings Grant3 mi away

4%63

Raleigh113.8 mi away

3%54

Charlotte178.8 mi away

3%44

Murraysville2.3 mi away

2%43

Wrightsboro3 mi away

2%30

Leland11.5 mi away

2%27

Porters Neck6.2 mi away

1%24

Blue Clay Farms1 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%576

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

How far

How far Northchase commutes

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

66%

21%

66%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northchase is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Northchase are

2,271 jobs are based in Northchase. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northchase’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northchase

2,271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Northchase residents hold

1,722 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+44%

Jobs based in Northchase, 2013 → 2023: 1,574 → 2,271. 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.