Work & commute · Lumberton

Work & commute in Lumberton, NC

About one in 3 of Lumberton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (6%), Raleigh (3%) and Lumber Bridge (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

2,426 of 7,206 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 4,780 Lumberton residents head out of town to work, 2,426 work right here, and 15,476 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lumberton.

4,780live here, work elsewhere

2,426live and work here

15,476work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lumberton goes to work

Lumberton (in town)right here

34%2,426

Fayetteville31.3 mi away

6%419

Raleigh85.7 mi away

3%234

Lumber Bridge18.2 mi away

2%176

Charlotte110.2 mi away

2%171

Pembroke10.4 mi away

2%139

Greensboro110.9 mi away

1%79

St. Pauls12.6 mi away

1%78

Laurinburg27.6 mi away

1%74

Whiteville27.5 mi away

1%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,337

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

How far

How far Lumberton commutes

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

39%

19%

14%

27%

39%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lumberton is a job hub

2.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lumberton are

17,902 jobs are based in Lumberton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lumberton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lumberton

17,902 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lumberton residents hold

7,206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−10%

Jobs based in Lumberton, 2013 → 2023: 19,908 → 17,902. 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.