Work & commute · Fair Bluff

Work & commute in Fair Bluff, NC

Most working residents leave Fair Bluff for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Whiteville (15%), Lumberton (5%) and Fayetteville (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 333 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 324 Fair Bluff residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fair Bluff.

324live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fair Bluff goes to work

Whiteville19 mi away

15%51

Lumberton22 mi away

5%17

Fayetteville53.2 mi away

4%14

Charlotte119.4 mi away

4%13

Wilmington65.9 mi away

4%13

Fair Bluff (in town)right here

3%9

Chadbourn11.9 mi away

2%7

Tabor City14.2 mi away

2%7

Conway, SC33 mi away

2%6

Shallotte43.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%191

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

How far

How far Fair Bluff commutes

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

35%

18%

39%

9%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fair Bluff is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fair Bluff are

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

Jobs based in Fair Bluff

152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Fair Bluff residents hold

333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−32%

Jobs based in Fair Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 224 → 152. 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.