Work & commute · Dudley

Work & commute in Dudley, NC

Most working residents leave Dudley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Goldsboro (22%), Raleigh (8%) and Mount Olive (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 300 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 291 Dudley residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 850 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dudley.

291live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

850work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dudley goes to work

Goldsboro9 mi away

22%65

Raleigh51.9 mi away

8%23

Mount Olive4.4 mi away

6%19

Greenville44.1 mi away

3%10

Dudley (in town)right here

3%9

Charlotte157.5 mi away

3%8

Cary56.9 mi away

2%7

Kinston25.3 mi away

2%6

Wilson33.1 mi away

2%6

Durham69.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%142

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

How far

How far Dudley commutes

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

33%

23%

16%

27%

33%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dudley is a job hub

2.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dudley are

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

Jobs based in Dudley

859 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Dudley residents hold

300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+35%

Jobs based in Dudley, 2013 → 2023: 634 → 859. 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.