Work & commute · Bladenboro

Work & commute in Bladenboro, NC

Most working residents leave Bladenboro for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lumberton (12%), Fayetteville (6%) and Elizabethtown (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 674 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 633 Bladenboro residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bladenboro.

633live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bladenboro goes to work

Lumberton14.2 mi away

12%82

Fayetteville38.7 mi away

6%42

Bladenboro (in town)right here

6%41

Elizabethtown12.1 mi away

5%37

Whiteville15.5 mi away

4%30

Charlotte124.3 mi away

4%25

Raleigh89.6 mi away

4%25

Wilmington56.7 mi away

3%21

Durham99.5 mi away

2%14

Clarkton8.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%347

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

How far

How far Bladenboro commutes

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

12%

36%

17%

35%

12%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bladenboro is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bladenboro are

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

Jobs based in Bladenboro

427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Bladenboro residents hold

674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+2%

Jobs based in Bladenboro, 2013 → 2023: 418 → 427. 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.