Work & commute · Garysburg

Work & commute in Garysburg, NC

Most working residents leave Garysburg for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke Rapids (9%), Weldon (5%) and Raleigh (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 261 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 259 Garysburg residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garysburg.

259live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garysburg goes to work

Roanoke Rapids4.9 mi away

9%23

Weldon3.4 mi away

5%12

Raleigh73.8 mi away

5%12

Greenville59.7 mi away

4%10

Emporia, VA17.2 mi away

3%9

Jackson8.8 mi away

2%6

Gaston5.8 mi away

2%6

Newport News, VA72.1 mi away

2%6

Rocky Mount35.9 mi away

2%5

Severn21.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%168

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

How far

How far Garysburg commutes

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

37%

12%

10%

41%

37%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garysburg is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garysburg are

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

Jobs based in Garysburg

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Garysburg residents hold

261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−66%

Jobs based in Garysburg, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 25. 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.