Havelock’s household incomes are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns
14.3% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.0% for North Carolina as a whole. The two grades for Havelock are C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (North Carolina 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Havelock: the gist
Havelock trades workers with the towns around it
Havelock has about as many jobs (4,519) as working residents (5,176), but they are mostly different people: 4,361 residents leave for work each day while 3,704 people come in. Only 18% of the jobs in Havelock are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Havelock are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Havelock workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Havelock workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Havelock’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Havelock
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Havelock is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #225 of 290 in North Carolina. Unemployment holds Havelock’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Havelock could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who leaves Havelock for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,361 residents head out to work, 815 work right here, and 3,704 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 (0.87 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 daily trip from Havelock: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Havelock workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,675 commuters (the 3% 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.
What the 4,519 jobs in Havelock are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Havelock, 2013 → 2023: 4,018 → 4,519. 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 Havelock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Havelock’s commute, mile by mile
About 33% 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.
12% of working residents work in New Bern
Where Havelock clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Havelock
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Havelock is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #48 of 290 in North Carolina. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.9% across North Carolina, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,009 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). 8.2% of Havelock households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Havelock’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,103 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000, Havelock comes 1,866th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Weddington NC | 14,517 | $191K | 4.0% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Harrisburg NC | 20,742 | $148K | 3.7% | 3.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 193 | Wendell NC | 19,687 | $96K | 3.2% | 1.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,864 | Washington Court House OH | 14,375 | $56K | 17.7% | 5.3% | 22% | C− |
| 1,865 | Harvey IL | 19,849 | $42K | 22.6% | 13.4% | 5% | C− |
| 1,866 | Havelock NC | 17,430 | $58K | 14.3% | 4.9% | 16% | C− |
| 1,867 | Miami OK | 12,893 | $46K | 22.6% | 3.0% | 35% | C− |
| 1,868 | Genesee Township MI | 20,266 | $57K | 17.8% | 10.2% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Havelock, 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 Havelock: questions
What is the median household income in Havelock?
$58,408 (±$4,691) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Havelock?
14.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Havelock?
18 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Havelock work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bern (12%, 16 mi), Morehead City (9%, 16 mi), Jacksonville (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Havelock walkable?
Havelock is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Havelock without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Havelock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Havelock
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.