Cullen and Elizabeth Jones House · Photo: Ddoc529 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Chowan Beach works elsewhere
Employers in Chowan Beach report 3 jobs, and 151 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Chowan Beach; the top destination outside it is Edenton (19%, 12 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Chowan Beach by day
On a workday 151 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Chowan Beach on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
Commuting out of Chowan Beach: the destinations
Where Chowan Beach clocks in
19% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Chowan Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chowan Beach, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 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 Chowan Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Chowan Beach
of Chowan Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 0% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Chowan Beach
About 36% 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.
Chowan Beach and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chowan Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chowan Beach | – | — | — | — | $23,095 |
| Arrowhead Beach | under 2% | D | C | 28 min | $66,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chowan 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 Chowan Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Chowan Beach?
$23,095 (±$9,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chowan Beach?
67.7%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Chowan Beach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edenton (19%, 12 mi), Elizabeth City (6%, 27 mi), Raleigh (5%, 111 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chowan Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 38% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chowan Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chowan 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.