Work & commute · Graingers

Work & commute in Graingers, NC

Most working residents leave Graingers for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kinston (24%), Greenville (11%) and Raleigh (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 106 Graingers residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Graingers.

106live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Graingers goes to work

Kinston5.7 mi away

24%26

Greenville20.7 mi away

11%12

Raleigh73 mi away

7%7

Ayden11.7 mi away

3%3

Winterville15.9 mi away

3%3

Wilson37.3 mi away

3%3

Greensboro140.7 mi away

3%3

Simpson22 mi away

2%2

Goldsboro26.6 mi away

2%2

Charlotte187.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%44

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

How far

How far Graingers commutes

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

38%

25%

29%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Graingers is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Graingers are

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

Jobs based in Graingers

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Graingers residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+10%

Jobs based in Graingers, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 53. 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.