Work & commute · Hightsville

Work & commute in Hightsville, NC

Most working residents leave Hightsville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (44%), Raleigh (4%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 325 working residents

Typical commute

5 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 321 Hightsville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 546 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hightsville.

321live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

546work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hightsville goes to work

Wilmington5.1 mi away

44%144

Raleigh115 mi away

4%13

Charlotte176.6 mi away

4%12

Wrightsboro1.6 mi away

4%12

Murraysville5.7 mi away

3%10

Navassa5.9 mi away

3%9

Kings Grant4.4 mi away

2%8

Skippers Corner4.2 mi away

2%6

Northchase4.3 mi away

2%5

Hightsville (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%102

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

How far

How far Hightsville commutes

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

70%

23%

70%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hightsville is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hightsville are

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

Jobs based in Hightsville

550 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Hightsville residents hold

325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+26%

Jobs based in Hightsville, 2013 → 2023: 438 → 550. 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.