Work & commute · Cerro Gordo

Work & commute in Cerro Gordo, NC

Most working residents leave Cerro Gordo for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Whiteville (15%), Fair Bluff (5%) and Lake Waccamaw (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 39 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 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 38 Cerro Gordo residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cerro Gordo.

38live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cerro Gordo goes to work

Whiteville13 mi away

15%6

Fair Bluff6 mi away

5%2

Lake Waccamaw23.8 mi away

5%2

Hope Mills44.7 mi away

5%2

Fayetteville52.5 mi away

5%2

Cerro Gordo (in town)right here

3%1

Chadbourn5.9 mi away

3%1

Carolina Shores35.1 mi away

3%1

Tabor City12 mi away

3%1

Elizabethtown27.6 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%20

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

How far

How far Cerro Gordo commutes

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

15%

31%

23%

31%

15%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cerro Gordo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cerro Gordo are

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

Jobs based in Cerro Gordo

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Cerro Gordo residents hold

39 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−3%

Jobs based in Cerro Gordo, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 30. 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.