Photo: Thomas Shaw · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Caswell Beach
At home: 19% of workers have no commute at all (North Carolina 16%). The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, where North Carolina has 25 and the U.S. 26. There are 85 jobs in Caswell Beach, and 108 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Caswell Beach by day and by night
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 80 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 (0.79 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.
16% of working residents work in Oak Island
Where Caswell Beach clocks in
16% of workers
10% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Caswell Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caswell Beach, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 85. 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 Caswell Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Caswell Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caswell Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 174 commuters (the 19% 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.
Half of Caswell Beach commutes less than 24 miles
About 35% 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.
Work next door: 16% of Caswell Beach’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Caswell Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caswell Beach | – | — | — | 20 min | $130,750 |
| Oak Island | 16% | B− | B | 23 min | $85,872 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oak Island. Darker towns draw more of Caswell Beach’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 Caswell Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Caswell Beach?
$130,750 (±$29,868) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caswell Beach?
2.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caswell Beach?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caswell Beach work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oak Island (16%, 7 mi), Wilmington (10%, 23 mi), Southport (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Caswell Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caswell Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caswell Beach
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.