Work & commute · Leggett

Work & commute in Leggett, NC

Most working residents leave Leggett for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rocky Mount (19%), Raleigh (13%) and Nashville (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 16 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 16 Leggett residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leggett.

16live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leggett goes to work

Rocky Mount12.8 mi away

19%3

Raleigh60.4 mi away

13%2

Nashville21.1 mi away

6%1

Winterville33.4 mi away

6%1

Zebulon42.5 mi away

6%1

Wilson's Mills52 mi away

6%1

Greenville29.5 mi away

6%1

Statesville184.8 mi away

6%1

Wilmington124.2 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4

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

How far

How far Leggett commutes

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

44%

19%

31%

6%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leggett is a job hub

3.38jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Leggett are

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

Jobs based in Leggett

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Leggett residents hold

16 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−26%

Jobs based in Leggett, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 54. 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.