Most of Bayshore commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Bayshore is better than 86% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C). 477 jobs are based in Bayshore, against 1,689 working residents. Only 1% work in Bayshore itself; outside it, Wilmington draws the most (44%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bayshore apart on work
44% of Bayshore works in Wilmington
751 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Wilmington, 7.2 miles away. That’s 44 times as many as work in Bayshore itself. The commute map ↓
Most Bayshore residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Bayshore is a place people come home to
There are 477 jobs based in Bayshore, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bayshore has about 1,700 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Bayshore are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Carolina worker, and quicker than any town next door (23 to 28 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Bayshore’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bayshore could be anywhere from B to A.
Where Bayshore’s working residents head each day
Where Bayshore clocks in
44% of workers
4% 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.
Bayshore’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
Who leaves Bayshore for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,672 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 460 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Bayshore on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Bayshore, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bayshore workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,061 commuters (the 23% 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 kinds of work in Bayshore
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bayshore, 2013 → 2023: 253 → 477. 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 Bayshore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Bayshore walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,371 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Bayshore households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bayshore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000, Bayshore comes 521st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 519 | Blount Township IL | 3,322 | $110K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 1% | A |
| 520 | London Britain Township PA | 3,180 | $195K | 2.3% | 3.3% | 3% | A |
| 521 | Bayshore NC | 2,949 | $95K | 3.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| 522 | Tybee Island GA | 3,156 | $120K | 7.7% | 1.2% | 25% | A |
| 523 | West Branch IA | 2,956 | $92K | 6.4% | 0.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bayshore, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Work next door: 10% of Bayshore’s workers
The biggest share goes to Porters Neck (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bayshore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore | – | A | C | 20 min | $94,632 |
| Porters Neck | 4% | B | C− | 24 min | $119,979 |
| Ogden | 2% | A | C− | 28 min | $121,338 |
| Murraysville | 4% | B | C+ | 23 min | $81,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bayshore’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 Bayshore: questions
What is the median household income in Bayshore?
$94,632 (±$9,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bayshore?
3.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bayshore?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bayshore work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (44%, 7 mi), Porters Neck (4%, 2 mi), Murraysville (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bayshore walkable?
Bayshore is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bayshore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bayshore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bayshore
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.