Work & commute · Swan Quarter

Work & commute in Swan Quarter, NC

Most working residents leave Swan Quarter for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Belhaven (9%), Hertford (3%) and Greenville (3%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 97 Swan Quarter residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swan Quarter.

97live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swan Quarter goes to work

Belhaven19.3 mi away

9%9

Swan Quarter (in town)right here

8%8

Hertford53.4 mi away

3%3

Greenville60.7 mi away

3%3

Chesapeake, VA87.5 mi away

3%3

Manteo50.3 mi away

2%2

Jacksonville76.9 mi away

2%2

Virginia Beach, VA95.8 mi away

2%2

Lucama96.2 mi away

1%1

Alliance33.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%71

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

How far

How far Swan Quarter commutes

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

18%

23%

21%

39%

18%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swan Quarter is a job hub

1.63jobs 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 Swan Quarter are

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

Jobs based in Swan Quarter

171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Swan Quarter residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−15%

Jobs based in Swan Quarter, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 171. 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.