Work & commute · Skippers Corner

Work & commute in Skippers Corner, NC

Most working residents leave Skippers Corner for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (45%), Charlotte (3%) and Kings Grant (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,301 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,290 Skippers Corner residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Skippers Corner.

1,290live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Skippers Corner goes to work

Wilmington8.3 mi away

45%584

Charlotte176.4 mi away

3%43

Kings Grant5.2 mi away

3%36

Northchase2.5 mi away

3%33

Raleigh111.8 mi away

2%29

Wrightsboro2.6 mi away

2%28

Leland10.7 mi away

2%27

Porters Neck8.5 mi away

2%24

Murraysville4.8 mi away

2%22

Greensboro162.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%460

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

How far

How far Skippers Corner commutes

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

64%

11%

21%

64%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Skippers Corner is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Skippers Corner are

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

Jobs based in Skippers Corner

736 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Skippers Corner residents hold

1,301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+94%

Jobs based in Skippers Corner, 2013 → 2023: 379 → 736. 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.