Work & commute · Varnamtown

Work & commute in Varnamtown, NC

Most working residents leave Varnamtown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Shallotte (13%), Wilmington (10%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 207 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 204 Varnamtown residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Varnamtown.

204live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Varnamtown goes to work

Shallotte8.8 mi away

13%26

Wilmington26.9 mi away

10%20

Charlotte171.6 mi away

3%7

Durham145.3 mi away

3%6

Raleigh132.3 mi away

2%5

Holden Beach5.6 mi away

2%4

Ocean Isle Beach12.1 mi away

2%4

Southport12.9 mi away

2%4

Varnamtown (in town)right here

1%3

Bald Head Island15.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%125

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

How far

How far Varnamtown commutes

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

35%

20%

13%

32%

35%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Varnamtown is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Varnamtown are

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

Jobs based in Varnamtown

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Varnamtown residents hold

207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+127%

Jobs based in Varnamtown, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 59. 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.