J.E. Piland House · Photo: Frank Womble · CC BY-SA 4.0How Seaboard works: jobs, income and commuting
The average commute takes 33 minutes each way, where North Carolina has 25 and the U.S. 26. 2% of workers have no commute at all, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%. Only 7% work in Seaboard itself; outside it, Roanoke Rapids draws the most (8%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Seaboard, in a few figures
The jobs in Seaboard pay better than its residents’ jobs
75% of the jobs based in Seaboard pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 45% of the jobs Seaboard residents hold. 96% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Seaboard. The jobs ↓
Seaboard makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Seaboard are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Seaboard residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 200 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A place that makes things: 52% of Seaboard’s jobs are in goods
328 jobs are based in Seaboard.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seaboard, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 328. 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 Seaboard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Seaboard’s commute, mile by mile
About 34% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Seaboard
On a workday 186 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Seaboard on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 towns that send workers to Seaboard
Where Seaboard clocks in
5% 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.
Time on the road from Seaboard: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seaboard workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 commuters (the 2% 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.
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 Seaboard: questions
What is the median household income in Seaboard?
$25,776 (±$16,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seaboard?
30.9%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seaboard?
33 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seaboard work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roanoke Rapids (8%, 12 mi), Greenville (5%, 62 mi), Emporia (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Seaboard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seaboard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seaboard
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.