Mulberry Hill · Photo: C.O. Greene, Photographer · Public domainCape Colony has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
3 jobs are based in Cape Colony for 288 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 15 minutes; North Carolina averages 25, the U.S. 26. The poverty rate is 14.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Cape Colony in brief
Cape Colony is a place people come home to
There are 3 jobs based in Cape Colony, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cape Colony has about 220 people in it, 56% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Cape Colony are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 288 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Cape Colony by day
On a workday 288 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Cape Colony on a workday afternoon, 56% 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.
About 15 minutes each way for Cape Colony’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cape Colony workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 commuters (the 17% 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.
How far Cape Colony goes 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.
23% of working residents work in Edenton
Where Cape Colony clocks in
23% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cape Colony, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 3. 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 Cape Colony’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cape Colony and its neighbors: 23% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cape Colony workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Colony | – | — | — | 15 min | $78,152 |
| Edenton | 23% | C− | A− | 26 min | $38,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Edenton. Darker towns draw more of Cape Colony’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 Cape Colony: questions
What is the median household income in Cape Colony?
$78,152 (±$33,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cape Colony?
14.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cape Colony?
15 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cape Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edenton (23%, 3 mi), Elizabeth City (7%, 27 mi), Greenville (5%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cape Colony 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 Cape Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cape Colony
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.