Most of Vandemere commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Vandemere for work; outside it, New Bern is the main destination (12%, 24 miles). 4 jobs are based in Vandemere, against 83 working residents. For 6% of workers, the job is at home (North Carolina 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Vandemere quiets down on a workday
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Vandemere on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
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 Vandemere’s working residents head each day
Where Vandemere clocks in
12% 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.
In Vandemere, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vandemere, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 4. 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 Vandemere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Vandemere
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vandemere workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 51 commuters (the 6% 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 Vandemere commutes less than 33 miles
About 45% 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.
Vandemere and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vandemere workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vandemere | – | — | — | 20 min | $35,833 |
| Mesic | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mesic: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vandemere’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 Vandemere: questions
What is the median household income in Vandemere?
$35,833 (±$34,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vandemere?
29.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vandemere?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vandemere work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bern (12%, 24 mi), Bayboro (7%, 6 mi), Alliance (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vandemere without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vandemere, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vandemere
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.