Work & commute · Carrboro

Work & commute in Carrboro, NC

Most working residents leave Carrboro for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chapel Hill (28%), Durham (17%) and Raleigh (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
625 of 9,294 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
27%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,669 Carrboro residents head out of town to work, 625 work right here, and 4,089 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrboro.

8,669live here, work elsewhere
625live and work here
4,089work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Carrboro goes to work

HillsboroughCarrboroMorrisvilleGrahamMebaneChapel HillBurlingtonCharlotteCaryDurhamGreensboroRaleighChapel HillDurhamRaleighCaryCharlotteGreensboroMorrisvilleHillsboroughBurlingtonCarrboro
1
Chapel Hill2.6 mi away
28%2,613
2
Durham11.2 mi away
17%1,566
3
Raleigh25.8 mi away
10%933
4
Carrboro (in town)right here
7%625
5
Cary17.8 mi away
4%344
6
Charlotte109.8 mi away
3%250
7
Greensboro42.8 mi away
2%202
8
Morrisville15.2 mi away
1%136
9
Hillsborough10.5 mi away
1%130
10
Burlington23.7 mi away
1%89
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%2,406

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

How far

How far Carrboro commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Carrboro is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrboro are

4,714 jobs are based in Carrboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carrboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carrboro

4,714 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Carrboro residents hold

9,294 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+19%

Jobs based in Carrboro, 2013 → 2023: 3,959 → 4,714. 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.

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