Work & commute · Seaboard

Work & commute in Seaboard, NC

Most working residents leave Seaboard for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke Rapids (8%), Greenville (5%) and Emporia (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 186 Seaboard residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seaboard.

186live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

314work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seaboard goes to work

Roanoke Rapids11.9 mi away

8%15

Seaboard (in town)right here

7%14

Greenville61.9 mi away

5%10

Emporia, VA15.1 mi away

5%10

Rocky Mount41.5 mi away

5%9

Raleigh80.9 mi away

4%8

Jackson7.1 mi away

3%5

Severn14.1 mi away

3%5

Gaston11.4 mi away

3%5

Wilson59.1 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%114

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

How far

How far Seaboard commutes

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

17%

34%

14%

34%

17%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seaboard is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seaboard are

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

Jobs based in Seaboard

328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Seaboard residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+362%

Jobs based in Seaboard, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 328. 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.