Work & commute · Mebane

Work & commute in Mebane, NC

Most working residents leave Mebane for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Durham (13%), Chapel Hill (10%) and Burlington (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

883 of 8,125 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,242 Mebane residents head out of town to work, 883 work right here, and 9,318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mebane.

7,242live here, work elsewhere

883live and work here

9,318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mebane goes to work

Durham22.3 mi away

13%1,022

Mebane (in town)right here

11%883

Chapel Hill17 mi away

10%783

Burlington10.7 mi away

10%783

Greensboro30.5 mi away

6%527

Raleigh39.5 mi away

6%504

Hillsborough10 mi away

4%291

Charlotte106.1 mi away

3%281

Graham6.5 mi away

3%257

Winston-Salem55 mi away

2%151

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,643

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

How far

How far Mebane commutes

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

25%

35%

24%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mebane is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mebane are

10,201 jobs are based in Mebane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mebane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mebane

10,201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Mebane residents hold

8,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+77%

Jobs based in Mebane, 2013 → 2023: 5,766 → 10,201. 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.