Work & commute · Mar-Mac

Work & commute in Mar-Mac, NC

Most working residents leave Mar-Mac for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Goldsboro (27%), Raleigh (6%) and Mount Olive (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 1,219 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,215 Mar-Mac residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mar-Mac.

1,215live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mar-Mac goes to work

Goldsboro5.8 mi away

27%324

Raleigh47.7 mi away

6%73

Mount Olive9.1 mi away

4%47

Wilson28.6 mi away

4%44

Kinston26.4 mi away

3%33

Smithfield21.3 mi away

2%30

Charlotte156.7 mi away

2%22

Dudley4.9 mi away

2%21

Greenville42.5 mi away

1%18

Wilmington78.1 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%590

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

How far

How far Mar-Mac commutes

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

45%

13%

20%

22%

45%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mar-Mac 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 Mar-Mac are

126 jobs are based in Mar-Mac. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mar-Mac’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mar-Mac

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Mar-Mac residents hold

1,219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−56%

Jobs based in Mar-Mac, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 126. 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.