Work & commute · Grifton

Work & commute in Grifton, NC

Most working residents leave Grifton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (26%), Kinston (10%) and Raleigh (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 936 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 904 Grifton residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grifton.

904live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grifton goes to work

Greenville15.4 mi away

26%242

Kinston11.2 mi away

10%97

Raleigh74.2 mi away

5%47

Grifton (in town)right here

3%32

Charlotte191.4 mi away

2%19

Winterville10.5 mi away

2%17

Ayden6.3 mi away

2%16

Durham91.5 mi away

2%16

Wilson36.6 mi away

2%15

Farmville17 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%421

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

How far

How far Grifton commutes

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

12%

51%

27%

12%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grifton is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grifton are

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

Jobs based in Grifton

221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Grifton residents hold

936 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−21%

Jobs based in Grifton, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 221. 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.