With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Moyock works elsewhere
Moyock has 1,175 jobs, against 2,354 working residents. The two grades for Moyock are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Moyock
Many Moyock workers cross into Virginia
56% of Moyock workers work outside North Carolina, most of them in Virginia, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Moyock has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Moyock went from 625 in 2013 to 1,175 in 2023, +88%. The jobs ↓
Moyock workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Many of the people who work in Moyock live in another state
Chesapeake, VA (9%), Virginia Beach, VA (6%) and Suffolk, VA (1%) are among the top places Moyock’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 18% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Moyock
63% of Moyock residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Moyock pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Moyock earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moyock is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #87 of 290 in North Carolina. Household income holds Moyock’s grade up ($115,244, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moyock could be anywhere from C+ to A.
24% of working residents work in Chesapeake
Where Moyock clocks in
24% of workers
17% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Moyock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moyock, 2013 → 2023: 625 → 1,175. 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 Moyock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Moyock spends getting to work: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moyock workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,904 commuters (the 12% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Moyock
On a workday 2,214 residents head out to work, 140 work right here, and 1,035 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Moyock 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.
The distance from Moyock to work
About 20% 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.
For most of Moyock, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moyock is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #260 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,285 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). 1.5% of Moyock households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moyock’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,476 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700, Moyock comes 1,371st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 286 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 388 | Stokesdale NC | 6,133 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 440 | Royal Pines NC | 4,325 | $108K | 1.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,369 | Belmar NJ | 5,853 | $94K | 7.7% | 6.6% | 6% | B |
| 1,370 | Clover SC | 7,659 | $85K | 8.3% | 4.8% | 10% | B |
| 1,371 | Moyock NC | 5,684 | $115K | 6.8% | 2.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,372 | Independence IA | 6,312 | $74K | 7.6% | 2.3% | 33% | B |
| 1,373 | Crescent Springs KY | 4,708 | $83K | 5.4% | 7.6% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,476 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Moyock, 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 Moyock: questions
What is the median household income in Moyock?
$115,244 (±$15,616) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moyock?
6.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moyock?
36 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moyock work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chesapeake (24%, 14 mi), Virginia Beach (17%, 21 mi), Norfolk (11%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moyock walkable?
Moyock is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moyock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moyock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moyock
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.