Work & commute · Laurinburg

Work & commute in Laurinburg, NC

About one in 5 of Laurinburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (4%), Lumberton (3%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

1,107 of 5,376 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 4,269 Laurinburg residents head out of town to work, 1,107 work right here, and 5,397 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laurinburg.

4,269live here, work elsewhere

1,107live and work here

5,397work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laurinburg goes to work

Laurinburg (in town)right here

21%1,107

Fayetteville36.1 mi away

4%240

Lumberton27.6 mi away

3%180

Raleigh87.7 mi away

3%169

Charlotte82.6 mi away

3%163

Rockingham20.1 mi away

3%141

Raeford20.7 mi away

2%95

Pinehurst29.6 mi away

2%93

Greensboro94.1 mi away

2%87

Southern Pines30.2 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%3,034

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

How far

How far Laurinburg commutes

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

36%

14%

18%

31%

36%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laurinburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Laurinburg are

6,504 jobs are based in Laurinburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laurinburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laurinburg

6,504 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Laurinburg residents hold

5,376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−12%

Jobs based in Laurinburg, 2013 → 2023: 7,394 → 6,504. 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.