Work & commute · Jacksonville

Work & commute in Jacksonville, NC

About one in 3 of Jacksonville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (5%), Wilmington (5%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

5,730 of 18,045 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,315 Jacksonville residents head out of town to work, 5,730 work right here, and 21,674 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksonville.

12,315live here, work elsewhere

5,730live and work here

21,674work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksonville goes to work

Jacksonville (in town)right here

32%5,730

Raleigh103.7 mi away

5%853

Wilmington45.6 mi away

5%837

Charlotte197.4 mi away

4%756

New Bern31 mi away

2%399

Fayetteville92.7 mi away

2%367

Durham120.9 mi away

2%318

Piney Green5.8 mi away

1%236

Cary108.6 mi away

1%223

Greensboro166.2 mi away

1%222

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%8,104

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

How far

How far Jacksonville commutes

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

40%

15%

39%

40%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksonville is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksonville are

27,404 jobs are based in Jacksonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacksonville

27,404 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Jacksonville residents hold

18,045 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−4%

Jobs based in Jacksonville, 2013 → 2023: 28,424 → 27,404. 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.