Earning a living in Indian Beach
Home is the office for 52% of workers, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%. Only 2% work in Indian Beach itself; outside it, Morehead City draws the most (23%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes; North Carolina averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Indian Beach
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Indian Beach on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 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.
Where people from Indian Beach work
Where Indian Beach clocks in
23% of workers
6% 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.
Indian Beach is a services town
88 jobs are based in Indian Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indian Beach, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 88. 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 Indian Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Indian Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indian Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 commuters (the 52% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Indian Beach
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.
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 Indian Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Indian Beach?
$103,000 (±$34,463) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indian Beach?
3.4%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indian Beach?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 52% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indian Beach work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morehead City (23%, 10 mi), Pine Knoll Shores (6%, 4 mi), Atlantic Beach (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Indian Beach 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 Indian Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indian 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.