Work & commute · Farmville

Work & commute in Farmville, NC

Most working residents leave Farmville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (29%), Raleigh (5%) and Kinston (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

219 of 1,720 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,501 Farmville residents head out of town to work, 219 work right here, and 1,619 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmville.

1,501live here, work elsewhere

219live and work here

1,619work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmville goes to work

Greenville12.1 mi away

29%499

Farmville (in town)right here

13%219

Raleigh61.2 mi away

5%87

Kinston22.1 mi away

3%52

Wilson21.3 mi away

3%52

Winterville11.6 mi away

2%32

Charlotte184.4 mi away

2%31

Durham77.9 mi away

2%31

Snow Hill11.1 mi away

1%25

Tarboro21.5 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%670

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

How far

How far Farmville commutes

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

20%

45%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmville are

1,838 jobs are based in Farmville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farmville

1,838 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Farmville residents hold

1,720 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+19%

Jobs based in Farmville, 2013 → 2023: 1,550 → 1,838. 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.