Work & commute · Jackson Heights

Work & commute in Jackson Heights, NC

Most working residents leave Jackson Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kinston (34%), Greenville (6%) and Raleigh (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 477 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 475 Jackson Heights residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jackson Heights.

475live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jackson Heights goes to work

Kinston4.2 mi away

34%162

Greenville29.6 mi away

6%31

Raleigh70.5 mi away

5%22

Goldsboro21.9 mi away

3%15

Wilson38.9 mi away

2%11

Durham88.1 mi away

2%11

Charlotte180.5 mi away

2%10

New Bern33 mi away

2%8

Rocky Mount52.4 mi away

1%6

Snow Hill15.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%198

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

How far

How far Jackson Heights commutes

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

47%

17%

27%

47%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jackson Heights is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jackson Heights are

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

Jobs based in Jackson Heights

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities87%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Jackson Heights residents hold

477 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+27%

Jobs based in Jackson Heights, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 89. 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.