Work & commute · Littleton

Work & commute in Littleton, NC

Most working residents leave Littleton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke Rapids (11%), Rocky Mount (4%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 175 Littleton residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Littleton.

175live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Littleton goes to work

Roanoke Rapids14.6 mi away

11%21

Littleton (in town)right here

6%11

Rocky Mount32.7 mi away

4%7

Raleigh58.2 mi away

4%7

Greenville65.2 mi away

3%6

Durham63.4 mi away

3%6

Wilson48.6 mi away

3%5

Charlotte184.2 mi away

3%5

Chesapeake, VA90.9 mi away

2%4

Warrenton13.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%111

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

How far

How far Littleton commutes

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

15%

27%

18%

40%

15%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Littleton is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Littleton are

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

Jobs based in Littleton

290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Littleton residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−8%

Jobs based in Littleton, 2013 → 2023: 316 → 290. 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.