Work & commute · Foxfire

Work & commute in Foxfire, NC

Most working residents leave Foxfire for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pinehurst (15%), Southern Pines (12%) and Aberdeen (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 590 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 582 Foxfire residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foxfire.

582live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Foxfire goes to work

Pinehurst5.3 mi away

15%91

Southern Pines9.1 mi away

12%70

Aberdeen7.8 mi away

5%32

Fayetteville34 mi away

5%29

Seven Lakes6.1 mi away

4%26

Charlotte71.7 mi away

4%24

Carthage13.2 mi away

3%16

Raleigh68.7 mi away

2%13

Rockingham20 mi away

2%11

Sanford30.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%267

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

How far

How far Foxfire commutes

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

41%

20%

14%

24%

41%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Foxfire is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Foxfire are

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

Jobs based in Foxfire

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Foxfire residents hold

590 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+87%

Jobs based in Foxfire, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 73. 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.