Myrtle Grove has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
2,485 jobs are based in Myrtle Grove; 5,083 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Myrtle Grove are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Myrtle Grove is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Myrtle Grove: the figures worth knowing
Myrtle Grove and Wilmington trade workers both ways
Wilmington is the top workplace for Myrtle Grove residents (44%) and also where the most people who work in Myrtle Grove come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Myrtle Grove has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Myrtle Grove went from 1,481 in 2013 to 2,485 in 2023, +68%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Myrtle Grove
61% of Myrtle Grove residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Myrtle Grove pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Myrtle Grove are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina. That’s about 38 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Myrtle Grove earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Myrtle Grove is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #40 of 290 in North Carolina. Household income is its strongest input ($113,463, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Myrtle Grove could be anywhere from B+ to A.
44% of working residents work in Wilmington
Where Myrtle Grove clocks in
44% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
What Myrtle Grove’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Myrtle Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,481 → 2,485. 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 Myrtle Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Myrtle Grove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Myrtle Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,584 commuters (the 22% 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.
A workday in Myrtle Grove: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,799 residents head out to work, 284 work right here, and 2,201 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Myrtle Grove 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 commute from Myrtle Grove, by distance
About 24% 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.
Getting around Myrtle Grove: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Myrtle Grove is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #143 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of 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 5,880 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Myrtle Grove households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Myrtle Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Myrtle Grove is 681st among 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 55 | Weddington NC | 14,517 | $191K | 4.0% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 258 | Rolesville NC | 12,839 | $150K | 1.1% | 3.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 331 | Summerfield NC | 11,327 | $160K | 7.1% | 2.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 679 | Grosse Ile Township MI | 10,409 | $127K | 4.1% | 4.6% | 8% | A− |
| 680 | Highland City FL | 13,276 | $91K | 5.9% | 2.6% | 3% | A− |
| 681 | Myrtle Grove NC | 12,637 | $113K | 6.2% | 3.1% | 6% | A− |
| 682 | La Plata MD | 12,137 | $121K | 6.6% | 3.4% | 13% | A− |
| 683 | Acushnet MA | 10,800 | $90K | 6.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Myrtle Grove, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Work next door: 44% of Myrtle Grove’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Myrtle Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Grove | – | A− | C+ | 20 min | $113,463 |
| Sea Breeze | under 2% | B | B | 25 min | $69,942 |
| Wilmington | 44% | C+ | A | 19 min | $66,738 |
| Silver Lake | under 2% | B− | B | 24 min | $76,756 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wilmington. Darker towns draw more of Myrtle Grove’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 Myrtle Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Myrtle Grove?
$113,463 (±$7,087) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Myrtle Grove?
6.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Myrtle Grove?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Myrtle Grove work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (44%, 6 mi), Raleigh (3%, 125 mi), Charlotte (3%, 183 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Myrtle Grove walkable?
Myrtle Grove is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Myrtle Grove without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Myrtle Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Myrtle Grove
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.