About half of Skippers Corner’s working residents commute to Wilmington
Jobs & income C: better than 31% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #186 of 290 in North Carolina.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns · #250 of 290 in North Carolina.
Household incomes here are lower than in 55% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 20 minutes each way (North Carolina 25, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Skippers Corner; the top destination outside it is Wilmington (45%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Skippers Corner
Skippers Corner has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Skippers Corner went from 379 in 2013 to 736 in 2023, +94%. The jobs ↓
Nearly half of Skippers Corner works in Wilmington
584 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Wilmington, 8.3 miles away. That’s 45 times as many as work in Skippers Corner itself. The commute map ↓
Most Skippers Corner residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Skippers Corner makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Skippers Corner are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Skippers Corner residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Skippers Corner are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Skippers Corner’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Skippers Corner is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #186 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Skippers Corner’s grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (28.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Skippers Corner could be anywhere from D to B+.
Skippers Corner makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
736 jobs are based in Skippers Corner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Skippers Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Skippers Corner, 2013 → 2023: 379 → 736. 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.
45% of working residents work in Wilmington
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Skippers Corner clocks in
45% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Skippers Corner commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of North Carolina
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Skippers Corner workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,276 commuters (the 15% 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.
Skippers Corner quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,290 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Skippers Corner on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Most trips from Skippers Corner start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Skippers Corner is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #250 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,498 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Skippers Corner households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Skippers Corner’s commuters take a bus or train.
Skippers Corner is 2,956th of 4,153 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Skippers Corner, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,954 | Mooers NY | 3,449 | $61K | 10.0% | 3.3% | 5% | C |
| 2,955 | Pajaro CA | 2,899 | $85K | 19.3% | 12.1% | 2% | C |
| 2,956 | Skippers Corner NC | 3,792 | $72K | 28.3% | 5.1% | 1% | C |
| 2,957 | Seat Pleasant MD | 4,524 | $57K | 15.1% | 20.8% | 1% | C |
| 2,958 | Girard PA | 2,906 | $71K | 8.8% | 7.6% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Skippers Corner and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wrightsboro (2%). Darker towns draw more of Skippers Corner’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Skippers Corner workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skippers Corner | – | C | C− | 20 min | $72,297 |
| Castle Hayne | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Wrightsboro | 2% | B | C+ | 22 min | $78,450 |
| Blue Clay Farms | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Castle Hayne and Blue Clay Farms: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Skippers Corner: questions
What is the median household income in Skippers Corner?
$72,297 (±$9,213) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Skippers Corner?
28.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Skippers Corner?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Skippers Corner work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (45%, 8 mi), Charlotte (3%, 176 mi), Kings Grant (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Skippers Corner walkable?
Skippers Corner is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Skippers Corner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Skippers Corner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skippers Corner
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.