Households in Cedar Point have higher incomes than those in 76% of U.S. towns
5.4% of residents live below the poverty line (North Carolina 13.0%). Jobs and income earn Cedar Point B; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 6% stay in Cedar Point for work; outside it, Morehead City is the main destination (10%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cedar Point and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Cedar Point
53% of Cedar Point residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Cedar Point pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 686 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Cedar Point’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Cedar Point is better than 62% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cedar Point’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Cedar Point’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, Cedar Point could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cedar Point
About 30% 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.
The 737 jobs based in Cedar Point
737 jobs are based in Cedar Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Point, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 737. 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 Cedar Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Cedar Point
On a workday 644 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 695 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 (1.07 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.
The places Cedar Point commutes to
Where Cedar Point clocks in
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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Cedar Point
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Point workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 702 commuters (the 13% 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.
In Cedar Point, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedar Point is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of 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 808 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). 3.3% of Cedar Point households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cedar Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cedar Point places 1,578th of 5,656 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Colfax IA | 2,303 | $79K | 9.1% | 4.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,577 | St. Paul NE | 2,416 | $62K | 3.9% | 1.0% | 20% | B |
| 1,578 | Cedar Point NC | 1,825 | $99K | 5.4% | 2.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,579 | WaKeeney Township KS | 2,112 | $80K | 6.2% | 1.2% | 44% | B |
| 1,580 | Tuscola Township MI | 1,921 | $73K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Cedar Point, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
How Cedar Point compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Cape Carteret (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Point | – | B | B+ | 26 min | $98,750 |
| Cape Carteret | 4% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $86,136 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar Point’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 Cedar Point: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Point?
$98,750 (±$10,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Point?
5.4%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Point?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Point work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morehead City (10%, 20 mi), Jacksonville (7%, 18 mi), Emerald Isle (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedar Point walkable?
Cedar Point is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Point
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.