Work & commute · Buxton

Work & commute in Buxton, NC

Most working residents leave Buxton for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Avon (16%), Frisco (7%) and Raleigh (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

54 of 366 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 312 Buxton residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 426 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buxton.

312live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

426work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buxton goes to work

Avon6.8 mi away

16%57

Buxton (in town)right here

15%54

Frisco3.1 mi away

7%27

Raleigh178.8 mi away

6%22

Hatteras8.1 mi away

5%19

Waves23 mi away

4%13

Manteo45.7 mi away

3%11

Greenville105.9 mi away

3%10

Rodanthe24.6 mi away

3%10

Nags Head48.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%136

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

How far

How far Buxton commutes

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

44%

41%

44%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buxton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buxton are

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

Jobs based in Buxton

480 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Buxton residents hold

366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+4%

Jobs based in Buxton, 2013 → 2023: 463 → 480. 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.