Photo: ERJ170 at English Wikipedia · Public domainArapahoe at work: jobs, income and the commute
Hardly any work in Arapahoe itself; outside it, New Bern draws the most (13%, 15 miles). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 126 jobs are based in Arapahoe for 156 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Arapahoe, and who commutes in
On a workday 156 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Arapahoe commutes to
Where Arapahoe clocks in
13% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Arapahoe, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arapahoe, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 126. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arapahoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Arapahoe
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arapahoe workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Arapahoe to work
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Arapahoe and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arapahoe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe | – | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Minnesott Beach | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Minnesott Beach: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Arapahoe’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Arapahoe: questions
What is the poverty rate in Arapahoe?
18.5%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arapahoe?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arapahoe work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bern (13%, 15 mi), Bayboro (7%, 9 mi), Grantsboro (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arapahoe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arapahoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arapahoe
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.