Work & commute · Elroy

Work & commute in Elroy, NC

Most working residents leave Elroy for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Goldsboro (29%), Raleigh (6%) and Kinston (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 1,450 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,446 Elroy residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elroy.

1,446live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elroy goes to work

Goldsboro4.3 mi away

29%415

Raleigh53.2 mi away

6%83

Kinston19 mi away

5%72

Mount Olive12.1 mi away

2%33

Wilson27.7 mi away

2%30

Charlotte164.3 mi away

2%30

Greenville35.9 mi away

2%28

Cary59.5 mi away

2%23

Smithfield27.6 mi away

1%20

Wilmington77.5 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%696

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

How far

How far Elroy commutes

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

41%

17%

15%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elroy is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elroy are

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

Jobs based in Elroy

161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Elroy residents hold

1,450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+39%

Jobs based in Elroy, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 161. 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.