Work & commute · Brogden

Work & commute in Brogden, NC

Most working residents leave Brogden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Goldsboro (22%), Raleigh (7%) and Mount Olive (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 970 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 966 Brogden residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brogden.

966live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brogden goes to work

Goldsboro6.6 mi away

22%212

Raleigh50.5 mi away

7%68

Mount Olive6.9 mi away

6%59

Kinston24.6 mi away

3%33

Charlotte158.2 mi away

3%28

Wilson30.6 mi away

2%23

Dudley2.5 mi away

2%20

Greenville42.3 mi away

2%16

Smithfield24.1 mi away

2%15

Fayetteville55.3 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%483

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

How far

How far Brogden commutes

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

43%

15%

16%

26%

43%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brogden is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brogden are

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

Jobs based in Brogden

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Brogden residents hold

970 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−75%

Jobs based in Brogden, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 24. 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.