Clear Springs Plantation · Photo: NCSherrie · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Vanceboro
2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for North Carolina as a whole. Only 4% work in Vanceboro itself; outside it, New Bern draws the most (21%, 15 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes; North Carolina averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Vanceboro
Vanceboro and New Bern trade workers both ways
New Bern is the top workplace for Vanceboro residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Vanceboro come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Vanceboro workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Vanceboro pay little
28% of the jobs based in Vanceboro pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 289 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily trip into Vanceboro
Where Vanceboro clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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 Vanceboro: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vanceboro workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 369 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 the 474 jobs in Vanceboro are
474 jobs are based in Vanceboro.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vanceboro, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 474. 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 Vanceboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Vanceboro
On a workday 276 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 461 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Vanceboro on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
How far Vanceboro goes to work
About 29% 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 Vanceboro: questions
What is the median household income in Vanceboro?
$34,514 (±$21,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vanceboro?
36.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vanceboro?
29 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 Vanceboro work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bern (21%, 15 mi), Greenville (8%, 24 mi), Raleigh (4%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vanceboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vanceboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vanceboro
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.