Work & commute · Faison

Work & commute in Faison, NC

Most working residents leave Faison for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Goldsboro (8%), Mount Olive (8%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

31 of 305 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 274 Faison residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 664 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Faison.

274live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

664work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Faison goes to work

Faison (in town)right here

10%31

Goldsboro20.3 mi away

8%25

Mount Olive7 mi away

8%23

Raleigh57 mi away

4%12

Fayetteville47.4 mi away

3%9

Kenansville14.5 mi away

3%8

Charlotte152.3 mi away

2%7

Smithfield30.7 mi away

2%6

Clinton13.6 mi away

2%5

Garner47.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%174

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

How far

How far Faison commutes

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

29%

24%

16%

30%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Faison is a job hub

2.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Faison are

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

Jobs based in Faison

695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Faison residents hold

305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+11%

Jobs based in Faison, 2013 → 2023: 624 → 695. 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.