Work & commute · Fuquay-Varina

Work & commute in Fuquay-Varina, NC

Most working residents leave Fuquay-Varina for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (25%), Cary (12%) and Durham (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,353 of 17,862 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,509 Fuquay-Varina residents head out of town to work, 1,353 work right here, and 10,432 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fuquay-Varina.

16,509live here, work elsewhere

1,353live and work here

10,432work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fuquay-Varina goes to work

Raleigh17 mi away

25%4,498

Cary12.4 mi away

12%2,200

Durham26.5 mi away

8%1,404

Fuquay-Varina (in town)right here

8%1,353

Holly Springs5.1 mi away

4%710

Charlotte119.3 mi away

4%695

Apex10.2 mi away

3%586

Morrisville16.2 mi away

3%511

Garner10.3 mi away

2%429

Chapel Hill26.8 mi away

2%277

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%5,199

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

How far

How far Fuquay-Varina commutes

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

21%

55%

11%

14%

21%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fuquay-Varina is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fuquay-Varina are

11,785 jobs are based in Fuquay-Varina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fuquay-Varina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fuquay-Varina

11,785 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Fuquay-Varina residents hold

17,862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+54%

Jobs based in Fuquay-Varina, 2013 → 2023: 7,657 → 11,785. 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.