Work & commute · Lillington

Work & commute in Lillington, NC

Most working residents leave Lillington for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (14%), Fayetteville (6%) and Cary (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

214 of 2,324 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,110 Lillington residents head out of town to work, 214 work right here, and 4,280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lillington.

2,110live here, work elsewhere

214live and work here

4,280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lillington goes to work

Raleigh30.5 mi away

14%316

Lillington (in town)right here

9%214

Fayetteville24.6 mi away

6%145

Cary25.5 mi away

5%106

Fuquay-Varina13.7 mi away

4%94

Durham39.3 mi away

4%84

Charlotte114.7 mi away

3%66

Sanford21.3 mi away

3%60

Garner22.1 mi away

2%54

Dunn13.2 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,138

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

How far

How far Lillington commutes

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

18%

31%

19%

18%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lillington is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lillington are

4,494 jobs are based in Lillington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lillington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lillington

4,494 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lillington residents hold

2,324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+24%

Jobs based in Lillington, 2013 → 2023: 3,626 → 4,494. 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.