Work & commute · Long Creek

Work & commute in Long Creek, NC

Most working residents leave Long Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (27%), Burgaw (5%) and Fayetteville (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 134 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 133 Long Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Creek.

133live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Creek goes to work

Wilmington17.2 mi away

27%36

Burgaw9.7 mi away

5%7

Fayetteville70.3 mi away

4%6

Northchase11.8 mi away

3%4

Porters Neck17.1 mi away

3%4

Greenville88.2 mi away

2%3

Charlotte168.3 mi away

2%3

Raleigh102.8 mi away

2%3

Kings Grant14.6 mi away

2%3

Rocky Point7.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%62

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

How far

How far Long Creek commutes

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

14%

48%

33%

14%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Creek is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Creek are

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

Jobs based in Long Creek

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Long Creek residents hold

134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+63%

Jobs based in Long Creek, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 13. 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.