Work & commute · East Rockingham

Work & commute in East Rockingham, NC

Most working residents leave East Rockingham for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rockingham (20%), Hamlet (7%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,265 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 1,254 East Rockingham residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Rockingham.

1,254live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Rockingham goes to work

Rockingham1.9 mi away

20%251

Hamlet3.4 mi away

7%94

Charlotte63.7 mi away

3%43

Fayetteville46.3 mi away

3%33

Laurinburg19.3 mi away

2%31

Raleigh89.7 mi away

2%31

Cordova2.7 mi away

2%27

Wadesboro17.9 mi away

2%22

Pinehurst25.5 mi away

2%22

Southern Pines28.4 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%691

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

How far

How far East Rockingham commutes

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

41%

11%

17%

30%

41%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Rockingham is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Rockingham are

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

Jobs based in East Rockingham

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs East Rockingham residents hold

1,265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−52%

Jobs based in East Rockingham, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 186. 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.