Work & commute · Bolivia

Work & commute in Bolivia, NC

Most working residents leave Bolivia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (9%), Southport (5%) and Boiling Spring Lakes (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 79 Bolivia residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bolivia.

79live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bolivia goes to work

Wilmington17.8 mi away

9%7

Southport12.4 mi away

5%4

Boiling Spring Lakes4 mi away

5%4

Bald Head Island17 mi away

4%3

St. James9.1 mi away

3%2

Oak Island10.8 mi away

3%2

Raleigh124.9 mi away

3%2

Myrtle Grove15.3 mi away

3%2

Bolivia (in town)right here

1%1

Carolina Beach14.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%52

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

How far

How far Bolivia commutes

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

28%

46%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bolivia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bolivia are

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

Jobs based in Bolivia

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bolivia residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+9%

Jobs based in Bolivia, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 104. 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.