Work & commute · Carthage

Work & commute in Carthage, NC

Most working residents leave Carthage for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pinehurst (12%), Southern Pines (11%) and Sanford (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 1,068 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

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 978 Carthage residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 2,007 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carthage.

978live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

2,007work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carthage goes to work

Pinehurst9.8 mi away

12%126

Southern Pines9 mi away

11%120

Carthage (in town)right here

8%90

Sanford17.7 mi away

6%62

Aberdeen13.3 mi away

5%54

Fayetteville30 mi away

4%47

Charlotte80.4 mi away

4%42

Raleigh55.7 mi away

3%32

Asheboro34.1 mi away

1%15

Seven Lakes10.6 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%466

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

How far

How far Carthage commutes

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

23%

34%

17%

26%

23%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carthage is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carthage are

2,097 jobs are based in Carthage. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carthage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carthage

2,097 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Carthage residents hold

1,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+15%

Jobs based in Carthage, 2013 → 2023: 1,818 → 2,097. 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.