Work & commute · Clarkton

Work & commute in Clarkton, NC

Most working residents leave Clarkton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Elizabethtown (13%), Whiteville (6%) and Lumberton (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 277 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 267 Clarkton residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 1,230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarkton.

267live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

1,230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarkton goes to work

Elizabethtown9.6 mi away

13%35

Whiteville11.2 mi away

6%16

Lumberton22.9 mi away

4%12

Wilmington48 mi away

4%11

Fayetteville44.8 mi away

4%11

Clarkton (in town)right here

4%10

Charlotte133 mi away

3%7

Durham103.8 mi away

2%6

Bladenboro8.7 mi away

1%4

Raleigh92.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%161

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

How far

How far Clarkton commutes

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

16%

26%

25%

33%

16%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarkton is a job hub

4.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarkton are

1,240 jobs are based in Clarkton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarkton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarkton

1,240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Clarkton residents hold

277 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+250%

Jobs based in Clarkton, 2013 → 2023: 354 → 1,240. 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.