Neuse Forest has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Neuse Forest C+; getting around on foot earns it D. There are 47 jobs in Neuse Forest; 655 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Neuse Forest for work; outside it, New Bern is the main destination (23%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Neuse Forest
Neuse Forest is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Neuse Forest, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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; with 655 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Neuse Forest
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Neuse Forest is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #147 of 290 in North Carolina. The poverty rate holds Neuse Forest’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Neuse Forest could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Neuse Forest
On a workday 649 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Neuse Forest on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Neuse Forest
About 30% 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.
Where the trip to work from Neuse Forest ends
Where Neuse Forest clocks in
23% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Neuse Forest: what the 47 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neuse Forest, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 47. 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 Neuse Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Neuse Forest: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Neuse Forest workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,019 commuters (the 10% 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 commute in Neuse Forest is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Neuse Forest is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns, #279 of 290 in North Carolina. Both inputs place Neuse Forest near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,130 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). 1.8% of Neuse Forest households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Neuse Forest’s commuters take a bus or train.
Neuse Forest is 2,564th of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 391 | Swepsonville NC | 2,632 | $101K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,562 | Richland Township OH | 2,388 | $94K | 13.9% | 5.3% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,563 | Venice Gardens FL | 3,280 | $71K | 9.8% | 5.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,564 | Neuse Forest NC | 2,671 | $85K | 4.6% | 6.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,565 | Grand Forks AFB ND | 1,987 | $73K | 4.0% | 3.9% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,566 | Keego Harbor MI | 2,723 | $65K | 15.6% | 5.6% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Neuse Forest, 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 Neuse Forest: questions
What is the median household income in Neuse Forest?
$84,500 (±$18,080) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neuse Forest?
4.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neuse Forest?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neuse Forest work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bern (23%, 11 mi), Havelock (12%, 5 mi), Morehead City (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Neuse Forest walkable?
Neuse Forest is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Neuse Forest 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 Neuse Forest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neuse Forest
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.