Work & commute · Ayden

Work & commute in Ayden, NC

Most working residents leave Ayden for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (33%), Kinston (6%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

106 of 2,021 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,915 Ayden residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 964 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ayden.

1,915live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

964work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ayden goes to work

Greenville9.1 mi away

33%673

Kinston16.7 mi away

6%123

Ayden (in town)right here

5%106

Raleigh73.2 mi away

4%85

Winterville4.2 mi away

3%58

Charlotte193.3 mi away

2%40

Rocky Mount40.9 mi away

1%30

Wilson34.1 mi away

1%29

Durham90.2 mi away

1%28

Washington21.8 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%822

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

How far

How far Ayden commutes

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

40%

26%

11%

24%

40%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ayden is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ayden are

1,070 jobs are based in Ayden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ayden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ayden

1,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ayden residents hold

2,021 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−29%

Jobs based in Ayden, 2013 → 2023: 1,513 → 1,070. 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.