Work & commute · Lake Waccamaw

Work & commute in Lake Waccamaw, NC

Most working residents leave Lake Waccamaw for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Whiteville (13%), Wilmington (10%) and Raleigh (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 588 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 546 Lake Waccamaw residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 431 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Waccamaw.

546live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

431work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Waccamaw goes to work

Whiteville10.9 mi away

13%77

Wilmington36.5 mi away

10%59

Lake Waccamaw (in town)right here

7%42

Raleigh104.8 mi away

5%27

Fayetteville58.9 mi away

3%18

Charlotte145.3 mi away

3%15

Riegelwood16.7 mi away

2%14

Lumberton36.1 mi away

2%12

Shallotte24.6 mi away

2%11

Leland27.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%305

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

How far

How far Lake Waccamaw commutes

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

13%

29%

30%

13%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Waccamaw is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Waccamaw are

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

Jobs based in Lake Waccamaw

473 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lake Waccamaw residents hold

588 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−1%

Jobs based in Lake Waccamaw, 2013 → 2023: 478 → 473. 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.