Work & commute · La Grange

Work & commute in La Grange, NC

Most working residents leave La Grange for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Kinston (18%), Goldsboro (10%) and Raleigh (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,032 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,006 La Grange residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 471 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Grange.

1,006live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

471work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Grange goes to work

Kinston11.3 mi away

18%183

Goldsboro11.4 mi away

10%108

Raleigh60 mi away

6%63

Greenville30.8 mi away

6%61

La Grange (in town)right here

3%26

Wilson30.4 mi away

2%24

Charlotte171.7 mi away

2%22

Durham77.6 mi away

2%19

Rocky Mount45.8 mi away

1%12

Cary66.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%503

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

How far

How far La Grange commutes

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

22%

31%

20%

27%

22%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Grange is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Grange are

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

Jobs based in La Grange

497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs La Grange residents hold

1,032 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−39%

Jobs based in La Grange, 2013 → 2023: 815 → 497. 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.