Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and earnings in Swan Quarter, and the trip to work
Only 8% stay in Swan Quarter for work; outside it, Belhaven is the main destination (9%, 19 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%. A typical one-way commute lasts 15 minutes, next to 25 for North Carolina and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Swan Quarter by day and by night
On a workday 97 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Swan Quarter on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
Where Swan Quarter’s workers come from
Where Swan Quarter clocks in
9% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
171 jobs are based in Swan Quarter.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swan Quarter, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 171. 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 Swan Quarter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Swan Quarter takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Swan Quarter workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 127 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Swan Quarter works
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.
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 Swan Quarter: questions
What is the median household income in Swan Quarter?
$71,289 (±$28,015) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Swan Quarter?
30.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Swan Quarter?
15 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Swan Quarter work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belhaven (9%, 19 mi), Hertford (3%, 53 mi), Greenville (3%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Swan Quarter without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Swan Quarter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swan Quarter
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.