Chicamacomico Life Saving Station · Photo: Elizabeth from burlington · CC BY 2.0Jobs, income and commuting in Rodanthe, NC
Hardly any stay in Rodanthe for work; outside it, Avon is the main destination (19%, 18 miles). Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. Rodanthe has 57 jobs, against 69 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Rodanthe
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
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 places Rodanthe commutes to
Where Rodanthe clocks in
Lines 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 Rodanthe’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rodanthe, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 57. 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 Rodanthe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Rodanthe: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rodanthe workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 651 commuters (the 13% 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 Rodanthe commutes less than 28 miles
About 33% 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.
How Rodanthe compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Waves (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rodanthe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodanthe | – | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Waves | 6% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Waves: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rodanthe’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 Rodanthe: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rodanthe?
2.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rodanthe?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rodanthe work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Avon (19%, 18 mi), Buxton (14%, 25 mi), Hatteras (7%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rodanthe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rodanthe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rodanthe
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.