Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Manns Harbor works elsewhere
Working residents average 17 minutes each way, where North Carolina has 25 and the U.S. 26. Manns Harbor has 61 jobs; 321 of its residents have a job. Only 7% work in Manns Harbor itself; outside it, Manteo draws the most (15%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Manns Harbor apart on work
Manns Harbor is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Manns Harbor, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Manns Harbor has about 670 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
Commutes from Manns Harbor are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
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 321 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Manns Harbor
On a workday 298 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Manns Harbor on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
How far it is to work from Manns Harbor
About 31% 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.
Time on the road from Manns Harbor: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manns Harbor workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 307 commuters (the 15% 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.
The places Manns Harbor commutes to
Where Manns Harbor clocks in
15% of workers
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.
Manns Harbor makes things: 70% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manns Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 61. 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 Manns Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Manns Harbor: questions
What is the median household income in Manns Harbor?
$51,800 (±$20,675) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manns Harbor?
25.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manns Harbor?
17 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manns Harbor work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manteo (15%, 7 mi), Nags Head (10%, 9 mi), Wanchese (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Manns Harbor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manns Harbor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manns Harbor
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.