Work & commute · Briar Chapel

Work & commute in Briar Chapel, NC

Most working residents leave Briar Chapel for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chapel Hill (25%), Durham (16%) and Raleigh (11%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 2,427 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,390 Briar Chapel residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Briar Chapel.

2,390live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Briar Chapel goes to work

Chapel Hill8.4 mi away

25%604

Durham16.2 mi away

16%398

Raleigh26.7 mi away

11%263

Cary16.6 mi away

4%104

Charlotte105.4 mi away

2%59

Greensboro43.7 mi away

2%55

Carrboro7.2 mi away

2%51

Pittsboro7.4 mi away

2%39

Briar Chapel (in town)right here

2%37

Morrisville15.6 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%782

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

How far

How far Briar Chapel commutes

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

37%

16%

11%

37%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Briar Chapel is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Briar Chapel are

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

Jobs based in Briar Chapel

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Briar Chapel residents hold

2,427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+348%

Jobs based in Briar Chapel, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 282. 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.