Photo: Pubdog · Public domainA job hub: Ocean Isle Beach has 2.7 jobs per working resident, and 722 people come in to work
Home is the office for 43% of workers, against 16% across North Carolina. Ocean Isle Beach has 742 jobs; 278 of its residents have a job. Only 7% work in Ocean Isle Beach itself; outside it, Wilmington draws the most (9%, 38 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ocean Isle Beach and work: the main findings
Ocean Isle Beach is where the jobs are
Ocean Isle Beach has 742 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 49% more than the 940 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Ocean Isle Beach
43% of Ocean Isle Beach workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Time on the road ↓
Ocean Isle Beach’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Ocean Isle Beach is Wilmington, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (26) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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 278 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Ocean Isle Beach on a workday
On a workday 258 residents head out to work and 20 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Ocean Isle Beach on a workday afternoon, 49% more 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.
Getting to work from Ocean Isle Beach takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocean Isle Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 commuters (the 43% 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.
Half of Ocean Isle Beach commutes less than 37 miles
About 39% 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 Ocean Isle Beach’s workforce comes from
Where Ocean Isle Beach clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Ocean Isle Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocean Isle Beach, 2013 → 2023: 438 → 742. 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 Ocean Isle Beach’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 Ocean Isle Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Ocean Isle Beach?
$96,786 (±$18,148) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocean Isle Beach?
5.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocean Isle Beach?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 43% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocean Isle Beach work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (9%, 38 mi), Shallotte (9%, 6 mi), Sunset Beach (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ocean Isle Beach 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 Ocean Isle Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocean Isle 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.