Work & commute · Swansboro

Work & commute in Swansboro, NC

Most working residents leave Swansboro for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (17%), Emerald Isle (5%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

162 of 1,333 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,171 Swansboro residents head out of town to work, 162 work right here, and 1,969 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swansboro.

1,171live here, work elsewhere

162live and work here

1,969work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swansboro goes to work

Jacksonville14.6 mi away

17%233

Swansboro (in town)right here

12%162

Emerald Isle6.5 mi away

5%70

Raleigh115.6 mi away

4%52

Charlotte212 mi away

3%45

Cape Carteret4.6 mi away

3%40

Cedar Point3.4 mi away

3%39

Wilmington54 mi away

3%38

New Bern27.9 mi away

3%34

Morehead City23.1 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%598

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

How far

How far Swansboro commutes

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

28%

30%

35%

28%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swansboro is a job hub

1.60jobs 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 Swansboro are

2,131 jobs are based in Swansboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swansboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swansboro

2,131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Swansboro residents hold

1,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+96%

Jobs based in Swansboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,090 → 2,131. 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.