Work & commute · Garland

Work & commute in Garland, NC

Most working residents leave Garland for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (13%), Fayetteville (6%) and Raleigh (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 230 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 224 Garland residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garland.

224live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garland goes to work

Clinton15.3 mi away

13%31

Fayetteville38.6 mi away

6%13

Raleigh73.6 mi away

5%11

Wilmington49.3 mi away

3%7

Garland (in town)right here

3%6

Charlotte140.9 mi away

2%5

Goldsboro47.4 mi away

2%4

Roseboro13.5 mi away

1%3

Warsaw22.6 mi away

1%3

Durham87.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%144

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

How far

How far Garland commutes

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

40%

22%

30%

8%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Garland are

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

Jobs based in Garland

207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Garland residents hold

230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−50%

Jobs based in Garland, 2013 → 2023: 412 → 207. 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.