Work & commute · Halifax

Work & commute in Halifax, NC

Most working residents leave Halifax for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke Rapids (7%), Raleigh (7%) and Wilson (5%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 43 Halifax residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halifax.

43live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halifax goes to work

Roanoke Rapids8.9 mi away

7%3

Raleigh67.9 mi away

7%3

Wilson45.2 mi away

5%2

Halifax (in town)right here

2%1

Red Springs137.9 mi away

2%1

Nashville32 mi away

2%1

Creedmoor62.2 mi away

2%1

Zebulon53 mi away

2%1

Clinton100.6 mi away

2%1

Knightdale62.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%29

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

How far

How far Halifax commutes

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

15%

22%

15%

49%

15%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halifax is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Halifax are

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

Jobs based in Halifax

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Halifax residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−93%

Jobs based in Halifax, 2013 → 2023: 884 → 63. 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.