Every workday, about 20,000 people come to Goldsboro for work
About one in 3 of Goldsboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (7%), Kinston (4%) and Wilson (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.
What kind of work town is Goldsboro?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of North Carolina
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goldsboro workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Goldsboro fills up on a workday
On a workday 8,553 residents head out to work, 3,734 work right here, and 20,290 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46,000 people are in Goldsboro on a workday afternoon, 34% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Goldsboro’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Goldsboro clocks in
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Goldsboro commutes less than 20 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 24,024 jobs in Goldsboro are
24,024 jobs are based in Goldsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goldsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goldsboro, 2013 → 2023: 22,397 → 24,024. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Goldsboro and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Goldsboro’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Goldsboro
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goldsboro, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.