Work & commute · Dunn

Work & commute in Dunn, NC

Most working residents leave Dunn for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (12%), Fayetteville (7%) and Lillington (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

418 of 3,466 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 3,048 Dunn residents head out of town to work, 418 work right here, and 4,689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunn.

3,048live here, work elsewhere

418live and work here

4,689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunn goes to work

Raleigh36 mi away

12%423

Dunn (in town)right here

12%418

Fayetteville25.8 mi away

7%226

Lillington13.2 mi away

3%116

Charlotte125.3 mi away

3%114

Durham48.7 mi away

3%114

Cary34.6 mi away

3%92

Garner26.1 mi away

3%89

Smithfield20.7 mi away

2%83

Fuquay-Varina22.3 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,714

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

How far

How far Dunn commutes

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

25%

21%

35%

19%

25%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunn are

5,107 jobs are based in Dunn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dunn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dunn

5,107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Dunn residents hold

3,466 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−19%

Jobs based in Dunn, 2013 → 2023: 6,322 → 5,107. 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.