Work & commute · Burgaw

Work & commute in Burgaw, NC

Most working residents leave Burgaw for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (24%), Raleigh (3%) and Fayetteville (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

161 of 1,303 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,142 Burgaw residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 2,707 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burgaw.

1,142live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

2,707work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burgaw goes to work

Wilmington23.7 mi away

24%310

Burgaw (in town)right here

12%161

Raleigh97.3 mi away

3%38

Fayetteville69.9 mi away

3%37

Charlotte171 mi away

3%34

Rocky Point7.6 mi away

2%26

Jacksonville32.5 mi away

2%23

Kings Grant20 mi away

2%23

Durham112.9 mi away

1%19

Wallace13.4 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%617

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

How far

How far Burgaw commutes

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

18%

41%

10%

32%

18%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burgaw is a job hub

2.20jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Burgaw are

2,868 jobs are based in Burgaw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burgaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burgaw

2,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Burgaw residents hold

1,303 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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Jobs based in Burgaw, 2013 → 2023: 2,863 → 2,868. 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.