Work & commute · Chadbourn

Work & commute in Chadbourn, NC

Most working residents leave Chadbourn for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Whiteville (20%), Wilmington (5%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 589 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 561 Chadbourn residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 467 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chadbourn.

561live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

467work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chadbourn goes to work

Whiteville7.1 mi away

20%119

Chadbourn (in town)right here

5%28

Wilmington54.2 mi away

5%28

Raleigh104.6 mi away

3%20

Lumberton23.8 mi away

3%19

Tabor City12.1 mi away

3%16

Fayetteville52.9 mi away

3%16

Durham114.3 mi away

2%10

Loris, SC18.8 mi away

2%10

Charlotte129.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%314

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

How far

How far Chadbourn commutes

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

34%

13%

17%

36%

34%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chadbourn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chadbourn are

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

Jobs based in Chadbourn

495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Chadbourn residents hold

589 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−43%

Jobs based in Chadbourn, 2013 → 2023: 876 → 495. 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.