Work & commute · Enfield

Work & commute in Enfield, NC

Most working residents leave Enfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Rocky Mount (22%), Raleigh (3%) and Roanoke Rapids (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 647 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 628 Enfield residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Enfield.

628live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Enfield goes to work

Rocky Mount16.5 mi away

22%141

Raleigh59.4 mi away

3%20

Enfield (in town)right here

3%19

Roanoke Rapids18.4 mi away

3%17

Greenville43.5 mi away

2%16

Wilson34.3 mi away

2%15

Chesapeake, VA83.5 mi away

2%13

Tarboro20 mi away

2%11

Charlotte189.7 mi away

2%10

Newport News, VA88.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%375

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

How far

How far Enfield commutes

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

16%

44%

12%

27%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Enfield is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Enfield are

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

Jobs based in Enfield

390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Enfield residents hold

647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−29%

Jobs based in Enfield, 2013 → 2023: 553 → 390. 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.