Work & commute · Falcon

Work & commute in Falcon, NC

Most working residents leave Falcon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (34%), Raleigh (5%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 115 Falcon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falcon.

115live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falcon goes to work

Fayetteville19.6 mi away

34%40

Raleigh44 mi away

5%6

Charlotte122.9 mi away

4%5

Hope Mills23.3 mi away

3%3

Lumberton44.1 mi away

3%3

Eastover10.2 mi away

2%2

Fuquay-Varina29.3 mi away

2%2

Greensboro90.4 mi away

2%2

Lake Worth Beach, FL598.3 mi away

1%1

Ocala, FL463.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%51

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

How far

How far Falcon commutes

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

13%

50%

20%

17%

13%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falcon is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Falcon are

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

Jobs based in Falcon

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month70%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Falcon residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+925%

Jobs based in Falcon, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 82. 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.