Work & commute · Lake Royale

Work & commute in Lake Royale, NC

Most working residents leave Lake Royale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (25%), Durham (7%) and Cary (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,707 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 1,684 Lake Royale residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Royale.

1,684live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Royale goes to work

Raleigh27 mi away

25%426

Durham39.9 mi away

7%121

Cary37.8 mi away

5%83

Wake Forest18.3 mi away

4%63

Rocky Mount21.1 mi away

3%59

Charlotte157.4 mi away

3%47

Louisburg11.7 mi away

2%42

Wilson21.1 mi away

2%41

Zebulon11.4 mi away

2%37

Chapel Hill47.9 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%758

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

How far

How far Lake Royale commutes

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

29%

46%

20%

5%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Royale is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Royale are

91 jobs are based in Lake Royale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Royale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Royale

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lake Royale residents hold

1,707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+36%

Jobs based in Lake Royale, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 91. 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.