Work & commute · Leland

Work & commute in Leland, NC

Most working residents leave Leland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (37%), Raleigh (3%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

761 of 10,333 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,572 Leland residents head out of town to work, 761 work right here, and 4,103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leland.

9,572live here, work elsewhere

761live and work here

4,103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leland goes to work

Wilmington9 mi away

37%3,781

Leland (in town)right here

7%761

Raleigh116.7 mi away

3%289

Charlotte172.6 mi away

3%284

Belville2.6 mi away

2%159

Kings Grant11 mi away

1%153

Murraysville12.7 mi away

1%143

Shallotte25.3 mi away

1%119

Southport19.5 mi away

1%114

Northchase11.5 mi away

1%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,423

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

How far

How far Leland commutes

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

47%

24%

47%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leland is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leland are

4,864 jobs are based in Leland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leland

4,864 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Leland residents hold

10,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+84%

Jobs based in Leland, 2013 → 2023: 2,648 → 4,864. 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.