Work & commute · Pantego

Work & commute in Pantego, NC

Most working residents leave Pantego for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (10%), Greenville (6%) and Belhaven (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 62 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 60 Pantego residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pantego.

60live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pantego goes to work

Washington21.9 mi away

10%6

Greenville40.2 mi away

6%4

Belhaven3.7 mi away

5%3

Elizabeth City54.2 mi away

5%3

Raleigh112.4 mi away

5%3

Pantego (in town)right here

3%2

Wilson72.1 mi away

3%2

Winton57.5 mi away

2%1

Columbia33 mi away

2%1

Taylortown161.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%36

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

How far

How far Pantego commutes

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

31%

23%

15%

31%

31%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pantego is a job hub

2.18jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pantego are

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

Jobs based in Pantego

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Pantego residents hold

62 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−38%

Jobs based in Pantego, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 135. 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.