Cherry Branch has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Measured by household income, Cherry Branch is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. 17 jobs are based in Cherry Branch; 379 of its residents have a job. Cherry Branch grades B for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cherry Branch: the figures worth knowing
Cherry Branch workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 52 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 399 hours of commuting, 207 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Cherry Branch is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Cherry Branch, about one 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 379 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cherry Branch
On income, poverty and job access, Cherry Branch is better than 65% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cherry Branch’s grade up (1.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Cherry Branch’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, Cherry Branch could be anywhere from B− to B+.
About 52 minutes each way, longer than most of North Carolina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Branch workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 681 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.
Who commutes out of Cherry Branch, and who commutes in
On a workday 378 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Cherry Branch on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
13% of working residents work in Havelock
Where Cherry Branch clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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 Cherry Branch, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 17. 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 Cherry Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Cherry Branch commutes
About 29% 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 of Cherry Branch commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cherry Branch is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cherry Branch near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 840 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 Cherry Branch households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cherry Branch’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cherry Branch next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 1,382nd of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 305 | Northlakes NC | 1,716 | $101K | 2.0% | 1.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,380 | Kaaawa HI | 1,328 | $132K | 11.0% | 0.9% | 0% | B+ |
| 1,381 | White Sands NM | 1,609 | $90K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,382 | Cherry Branch NC | 1,684 | $104K | 1.4% | 0.4% | <1% | B |
| 1,383 | Ideal Township MN | 1,291 | $108K | 3.3% | 2.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,384 | Borgholm Township MN | 1,909 | $83K | 3.7% | 4.5% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Cherry Branch, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
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 Cherry Branch: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Branch?
$104,432 (±$20,426) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Branch?
1.4%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Branch?
52 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 Cherry Branch work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Havelock (13%, 5 mi), Morehead City (12%, 15 mi), New Bern (10%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cherry Branch walkable?
Cherry Branch is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherry Branch 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 Cherry Branch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Branch
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.