Work & commute · Archer Lodge

Work & commute in Archer Lodge, NC

Most working residents leave Archer Lodge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (32%), Durham (6%) and Cary (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 2,685 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,668 Archer Lodge residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Archer Lodge.

2,668live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Archer Lodge goes to work

Raleigh18.4 mi away

32%849

Durham35.9 mi away

6%163

Cary26.4 mi away

5%140

Clayton4.6 mi away

4%115

Garner13.7 mi away

4%100

Smithfield11 mi away

3%84

Charlotte142.3 mi away

2%62

Wilson24.9 mi away

2%51

Morrisville28.3 mi away

2%45

Knightdale10.3 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,041

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

How far

How far Archer Lodge commutes

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

13%

49%

24%

14%

13%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Archer Lodge is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Archer Lodge are

272 jobs are based in Archer Lodge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Archer Lodge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Archer Lodge

272 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Archer Lodge residents hold

2,685 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−26%

Jobs based in Archer Lodge, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 272. 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.