Peletier has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Peletier report 124 jobs, and 341 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Peletier; the top destination outside it is Morehead City (9%, 19 miles). For 10% of workers, the job is at home (North Carolina 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Peletier: the figures worth knowing
How long Peletier spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peletier workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 359 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 workday shuffle in and out of Peletier
On a workday 331 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Peletier on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where Peletier goes to work
Where Peletier clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
33% of the jobs in Peletier make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peletier, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 124. 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 Peletier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Peletier to work
About 22% 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.
Peletier and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Cape Carteret (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peletier workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peletier | – | — | — | 30 min | $55,893 |
| Cape Carteret | 5% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $86,136 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Peletier’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 Peletier: questions
What is the median household income in Peletier?
$55,893 (±$8,999) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peletier?
9.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peletier?
30 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 Peletier work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morehead City (9%, 19 mi), Emerald Isle (8%, 5 mi), Jacksonville (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peletier without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peletier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peletier
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.