Work & commute · Louisburg

Work & commute in Louisburg, NC

Most working residents leave Louisburg for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (18%), Durham (5%) and Cary (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

158 of 1,232 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,074 Louisburg residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 3,000 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Louisburg.

1,074live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

3,000work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Louisburg goes to work

Raleigh26.5 mi away

18%222

Louisburg (in town)right here

13%158

Durham34.4 mi away

5%65

Cary36.6 mi away

4%46

Charlotte154.8 mi away

3%42

Wake Forest15 mi away

3%35

Henderson17 mi away

2%30

Fayetteville79.8 mi away

2%23

Rocky Mount28.9 mi away

2%20

Wilson32.7 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%573

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

How far

How far Louisburg commutes

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

20%

21%

34%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Louisburg is a job hub

2.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Louisburg are

3,158 jobs are based in Louisburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Louisburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Louisburg

3,158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Louisburg residents hold

1,232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in Louisburg, 2013 → 2023: 3,249 → 3,158. 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.