Work & commute · Bailey

Work & commute in Bailey, NC

Most working residents leave Bailey for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wilson (23%), Raleigh (10%) and Nashville (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 213 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 203 Bailey residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bailey.

203live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bailey goes to work

Wilson10.8 mi away

23%50

Raleigh29.8 mi away

10%21

Nashville15.7 mi away

5%11

Bailey (in town)right here

5%10

Rocky Mount21.4 mi away

4%8

Zebulon11.8 mi away

3%7

Greenville43.3 mi away

2%5

Durham46 mi away

2%5

Greensboro98.1 mi away

2%5

Selma19.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%87

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

How far

How far Bailey commutes

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

21%

38%

25%

15%

21%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bailey is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bailey are

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

Jobs based in Bailey

337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Bailey residents hold

213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+19%

Jobs based in Bailey, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 337. 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.