Work & commute · Anderson Creek

Work & commute in Anderson Creek, NC

Most working residents leave Anderson Creek for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (22%), Raleigh (7%) and Sanford (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

170 of 4,660 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,490 Anderson Creek residents head out of town to work, 170 work right here, and 844 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anderson Creek.

4,490live here, work elsewhere

170live and work here

844work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anderson Creek goes to work

Fayetteville13.1 mi away

22%1,017

Raleigh42.8 mi away

7%335

Sanford19.6 mi away

4%206

Anderson Creek (in town)right here

4%170

Durham49 mi away

4%168

Charlotte105.5 mi away

4%167

Cary36.2 mi away

3%145

Lillington13 mi away

3%140

Spring Lake6.2 mi away

2%115

Greensboro74.7 mi away

2%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,108

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Anderson Creek commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

14%

35%

27%

24%

14%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anderson Creek is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Anderson Creek are

1,014 jobs are based in Anderson Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anderson Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anderson Creek

1,014 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Anderson Creek residents hold

4,660 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+24%

Jobs based in Anderson Creek, 2013 → 2023: 817 → 1,014. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.