Work & commute · Mount Olive

Work & commute in Mount Olive, NC

Most working residents leave Mount Olive for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Goldsboro (12%), Raleigh (7%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

221 of 1,578 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,357 Mount Olive residents head out of town to work, 221 work right here, and 2,879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Olive.

1,357live here, work elsewhere

221live and work here

2,879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Olive goes to work

Mount Olive (in town)right here

14%221

Goldsboro13.4 mi away

12%189

Raleigh54.3 mi away

7%113

Charlotte156.1 mi away

3%40

Kinston27.2 mi away

2%32

Clinton20.4 mi away

2%29

Wilson37.5 mi away

2%24

Greenville47.6 mi away

1%23

Dudley4.4 mi away

1%22

Fayetteville51.9 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%865

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

How far

How far Mount Olive commutes

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

30%

26%

14%

30%

30%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Olive is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Olive are

3,100 jobs are based in Mount Olive. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Olive’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Olive

3,100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Mount Olive residents hold

1,578 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+10%

Jobs based in Mount Olive, 2013 → 2023: 2,819 → 3,100. 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.