With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Brandywine Bay works elsewhere
Employers in Brandywine Bay report 99 jobs; 389 of its residents have a job. Brandywine Bay grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Brandywine Bay is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Brandywine Bay
Brandywine Bay workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 48 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 368 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Brandywine Bay and Morehead City trade workers both ways
Morehead City is the top workplace for Brandywine Bay residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Brandywine Bay come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Brandywine Bay is a place people come home to
There are 99 jobs based in Brandywine Bay, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 389 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Brandywine Bay gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Brandywine Bay is better than 78% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Brandywine Bay’s grade up (1.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (12.1%) is left out: Brandywine Bay’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Brandywine Bay could be anywhere from B to A−.
Commuting from Brandywine Bay: about 48 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brandywine Bay workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 382 commuters (the 18% 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.
31% of working residents work in Morehead City
Where Brandywine Bay clocks in
31% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Brandywine Bay
On a workday 389 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Brandywine Bay on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
What Brandywine Bay’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brandywine Bay, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 99. 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 Brandywine Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Brandywine Bay
About 32% 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.
Most trips from Brandywine Bay start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brandywine Bay is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. 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 465 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Brandywine Bay households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brandywine Bay’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brandywine Bay places 592nd of 5,400 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 66 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 233 | Northlakes NC | 1,716 | $101K | 2.0% | 1.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 590 | Lessor WI | 1,242 | $97K | 3.9% | 4.0% | 1% | A− |
| 591 | Wye MT | 1,055 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.3% | 5% | A− |
| 592 | Brandywine Bay NC | 1,313 | $105K | 1.2% | 12.1% | 0% | A− |
| 593 | San Antonio FL | 1,603 | $94K | 5.0% | 3.9% | 1% | A− |
| 594 | Rosefield Township IL | 1,204 | $85K | 3.2% | 2.9% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Brandywine Bay, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
31% of Brandywine Bay works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brandywine Bay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandywine Bay | – | A− | C | 48 min | $105,000 |
| Morehead City | 31% | C | B | 18 min | $56,233 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Morehead City. Darker towns draw more of Brandywine Bay’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 Brandywine Bay: questions
What is the median household income in Brandywine Bay?
$105,000 (±$36,687) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brandywine Bay?
1.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brandywine Bay?
48 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brandywine Bay work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morehead City (31%, 5 mi), Beaufort (6%, 10 mi), New Bern (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brandywine Bay walkable?
Brandywine Bay is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brandywine Bay 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 Brandywine Bay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brandywine Bay
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.