Work & commute · Elizabethtown

Work & commute in Elizabethtown, NC

About one in 5 of Elizabethtown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (6%), Wilmington (5%) and Lumberton (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

269 of 1,365 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,096 Elizabethtown residents head out of town to work, 269 work right here, and 2,774 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elizabethtown.

1,096live here, work elsewhere

269live and work here

2,774work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elizabethtown goes to work

Elizabethtown (in town)right here

20%269

Fayetteville38 mi away

6%83

Wilmington50 mi away

5%66

Lumberton23.5 mi away

4%55

Whiteville20.8 mi away

4%49

Charlotte132.4 mi away

3%36

Raleigh83.7 mi away

2%33

Clinton30.5 mi away

2%21

Bladenboro12.1 mi away

1%18

Dublin7.1 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%720

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

How far

How far Elizabethtown commutes

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

28%

18%

26%

28%

28%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elizabethtown is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elizabethtown are

3,043 jobs are based in Elizabethtown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elizabethtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elizabethtown

3,043 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Elizabethtown residents hold

1,365 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−2%

Jobs based in Elizabethtown, 2013 → 2023: 3,093 → 3,043. 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.