Work & commute · Kenly

Work & commute in Kenly, NC

Most working residents leave Kenly for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Wilson (12%), Raleigh (12%) and Smithfield (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 641 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 594 Kenly residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 1,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenly.

594live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

1,023work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenly goes to work

Wilson14.3 mi away

12%74

Raleigh32.9 mi away

12%74

Smithfield13.7 mi away

8%53

Kenly (in town)right here

7%47

Durham50.4 mi away

4%26

Goldsboro17.7 mi away

3%19

Cary41 mi away

3%18

Selma10.1 mi away

2%14

Garner28 mi away

2%13

Charlotte154.6 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%290

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

How far

How far Kenly commutes

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

16%

35%

28%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenly is a job hub

1.67jobs 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 Kenly are

1,070 jobs are based in Kenly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kenly

1,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Kenly residents hold

641 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+10%

Jobs based in Kenly, 2013 → 2023: 974 → 1,070. 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.