Work & commute · Apex

Work & commute in Apex, NC

Most working residents leave Apex for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (23%), Cary (15%) and Durham (13%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,507 of 33,189 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,682 Apex residents head out of town to work, 2,507 work right here, and 17,792 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Apex.

30,682live here, work elsewhere

2,507live and work here

17,792work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Apex goes to work

Raleigh15.3 mi away

23%7,598

Cary5 mi away

15%4,982

Durham17.5 mi away

13%4,293

Apex (in town)right here

8%2,507

Charlotte115.4 mi away

4%1,343

Morrisville8 mi away

4%1,193

Chapel Hill16.6 mi away

3%1,031

Holly Springs5.5 mi away

2%558

Garner15.1 mi away

1%354

Greensboro58.7 mi away

1%345

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%8,985

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

How far

How far Apex commutes

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

33%

49%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Apex is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Apex are

20,299 jobs are based in Apex. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Apex’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Apex

20,299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Apex residents hold

33,189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+54%

Jobs based in Apex, 2013 → 2023: 13,215 → 20,299. 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.