Work & commute · Sneads Ferry

Work & commute in Sneads Ferry, NC

Most working residents leave Sneads Ferry for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (14%), Raleigh (4%) and Wilmington (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 821 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 768 Sneads Ferry residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sneads Ferry.

768live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sneads Ferry goes to work

Jacksonville12.1 mi away

14%119

Sneads Ferry (in town)right here

6%53

Raleigh113.4 mi away

4%36

Wilmington37.6 mi away

4%34

Charlotte200.9 mi away

3%26

Surf City11.9 mi away

3%24

Fayetteville97.5 mi away

2%17

Durham130.5 mi away

2%16

Greensboro174.1 mi away

2%14

Holly Ridge9.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%469

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

How far

How far Sneads Ferry commutes

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

23%

28%

14%

35%

23%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sneads Ferry is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sneads Ferry are

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

Jobs based in Sneads Ferry

274 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sneads Ferry residents hold

821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+32%

Jobs based in Sneads Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 274. 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.