Work & commute · Kenansville

Work & commute in Kenansville, NC

Most working residents leave Kenansville for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Goldsboro (4%), Warsaw (3%) and Wilmington (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

52 of 371 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 319 Kenansville residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 2,189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenansville.

319live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

2,189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenansville goes to work

Kenansville (in town)right here

14%52

Goldsboro28.9 mi away

4%16

Warsaw7.7 mi away

3%12

Wilmington52.1 mi away

3%11

Raleigh71.2 mi away

3%10

Wallace15.4 mi away

2%9

Fayetteville57.6 mi away

2%9

Rose Hill9.8 mi away

2%8

Clinton20.9 mi away

2%7

Kinston30.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%230

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

How far

How far Kenansville commutes

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

29%

23%

17%

31%

29%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenansville is a job hub

6.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenansville are

2,241 jobs are based in Kenansville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenansville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kenansville

2,241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Kenansville residents hold

371 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−10%

Jobs based in Kenansville, 2013 → 2023: 2,486 → 2,241. 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.