Work & commute · Franklinton

Work & commute in Franklinton, NC

Most working residents leave Franklinton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (24%), Durham (9%) and Wake Forest (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,515 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,492 Franklinton residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklinton.

1,492live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

432work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklinton goes to work

Raleigh21.3 mi away

24%365

Durham26.3 mi away

9%134

Wake Forest10 mi away

5%80

Cary30.3 mi away

4%60

Louisburg8.5 mi away

3%52

Youngsville4.8 mi away

3%45

Charlotte147 mi away

3%43

Morrisville28.3 mi away

2%28

Chapel Hill34.9 mi away

2%27

Franklinton (in town)right here

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%658

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

How far

How far Franklinton commutes

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

17%

38%

28%

17%

17%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklinton is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklinton are

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

Jobs based in Franklinton

455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Franklinton residents hold

1,515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+34%

Jobs based in Franklinton, 2013 → 2023: 340 → 455. 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.