Work & commute · Cofield

Work & commute in Cofield, NC

Most working residents leave Cofield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ahoskie (16%), Raleigh (5%) and Winton (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 79 Cofield residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cofield.

79live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cofield goes to work

Ahoskie6.7 mi away

16%13

Raleigh103.2 mi away

5%4

Winton2.6 mi away

4%3

Greenville58.6 mi away

4%3

Roanoke Rapids41.5 mi away

3%2

Gaston42 mi away

1%1

Murfreesboro12 mi away

1%1

Windsor25.2 mi away

1%1

Rich Square21.6 mi away

1%1

Cofield (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%50

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

How far

How far Cofield commutes

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

39%

15%

14%

32%

39%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cofield is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cofield are

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

Jobs based in Cofield

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Cofield residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−35%

Jobs based in Cofield, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 137. 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.