Work & commute · Wanchese

Work & commute in Wanchese, NC

About one in 5 of Wanchese’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Nags Head (16%), Manteo (13%) and Kitty Hawk (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

135 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 482 Wanchese residents head out of town to work, 135 work right here, and 465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wanchese.

482live here, work elsewhere

135live and work here

465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wanchese goes to work

Wanchese (in town)right here

22%135

Nags Head7.2 mi away

16%96

Manteo4.1 mi away

13%78

Kitty Hawk16.4 mi away

4%24

Kill Devil Hills12.3 mi away

3%18

Greenville98.7 mi away

2%15

Raleigh168 mi away

2%13

Virginia Beach, VA68.4 mi away

2%13

Norfolk, VA82 mi away

2%10

Elizabeth City45.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%206

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

How far

How far Wanchese commutes

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

51%

14%

30%

51%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wanchese is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wanchese are

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

Jobs based in Wanchese

600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Wanchese residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+26%

Jobs based in Wanchese, 2013 → 2023: 478 → 600. 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.