For about half of its working residents, Bell Arthur is a commute to Greenville
Bell Arthur has 27 jobs; 208 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers work from home; North Carolina has 16%. Hardly any work in Bell Arthur; the top destination outside it is Greenville (46%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bell Arthur and work: the main findings
Nearly half of Bell Arthur works in Greenville
95 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Greenville, 7.7 miles away. That’s far more as work in Bell Arthur itself. The commute map ↓
Bell Arthur is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Bell Arthur, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bell Arthur has about 190 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Bell Arthur workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 208 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Bell Arthur ends
Where Bell Arthur clocks in
46% 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.
Bell Arthur quiets down on a workday
On a workday 207 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Bell Arthur on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Working from home in Bell Arthur
of Bell Arthur workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 149 commuters (the 0% 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.
Bell Arthur makes things: 44% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bell Arthur, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 27. 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 Bell Arthur’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bell Arthur goes to work
About 22% 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.
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 Bell Arthur: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bell Arthur?
13.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bell Arthur work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (46%, 8 mi), Kinston (4%, 22 mi), Washington (3%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bell Arthur 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 Bell Arthur, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bell Arthur
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.