Work & commute · Dobbins Heights

Work & commute in Dobbins Heights, NC

Most working residents leave Dobbins Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rockingham (17%), Hamlet (6%) and Pinehurst (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 240 Dobbins Heights residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dobbins Heights.

240live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dobbins Heights goes to work

Rockingham4.4 mi away

17%42

Hamlet1.6 mi away

6%15

Pinehurst23.4 mi away

5%13

Charlotte67.6 mi away

2%6

Fayetteville42.5 mi away

2%6

Wadesboro22 mi away

2%5

Durham86.5 mi away

2%5

Sanford50 mi away

2%4

Greensboro82.4 mi away

2%4

Aberdeen21.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%138

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

How far

How far Dobbins Heights commutes

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

37%

18%

14%

31%

37%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dobbins Heights is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.04 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dobbins Heights are

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

Jobs based in Dobbins Heights

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Dobbins Heights residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−91%

Jobs based in Dobbins Heights, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 9. 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.