Work & commute · River Bend

Work & commute in River Bend, NC

Most working residents leave River Bend for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New Bern (36%), Raleigh (5%) and Jacksonville (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 987 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 938 River Bend residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Bend.

938live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Bend goes to work

New Bern4.7 mi away

36%353

River Bend (in town)right here

5%49

Raleigh99.1 mi away

5%45

Jacksonville27.2 mi away

3%33

Havelock18 mi away

3%29

Greenville38.6 mi away

3%26

James City8.7 mi away

3%25

Kinston28.8 mi away

2%20

Trent Woods3.4 mi away

2%17

Morehead City33.2 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%378

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

How far

How far River Bend commutes

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

50%

17%

26%

50%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Bend is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in River Bend are

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

Jobs based in River Bend

379 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs River Bend residents hold

987 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−1%

Jobs based in River Bend, 2013 → 2023: 381 → 379. 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.