Work & commute · Barbecue

Work & commute in Barbecue, NC

Most working residents leave Barbecue for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sanford (12%), Fayetteville (11%) and Raleigh (10%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 1,846 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 1,826 Barbecue residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 514 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barbecue.

1,826live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

514work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barbecue goes to work

Sanford14 mi away

12%220

Fayetteville17.2 mi away

11%210

Raleigh41.5 mi away

10%183

Charlotte101.5 mi away

4%79

Durham45.8 mi away

4%67

Cary33.8 mi away

3%63

Lillington14.1 mi away

2%39

Pinehurst26.1 mi away

2%39

Anderson Creek5.7 mi away

2%31

Apex29.1 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%891

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

How far

How far Barbecue commutes

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

38%

33%

22%

7%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barbecue is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barbecue are

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

Jobs based in Barbecue

534 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Barbecue residents hold

1,846 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+27%

Jobs based in Barbecue, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 534. 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.