Work & commute · Murraysville

Work & commute in Murraysville, NC

Most working residents leave Murraysville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (46%), Kings Grant (3%) and Porters Neck (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

305 of 7,681 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,376 Murraysville residents head out of town to work, 305 work right here, and 3,877 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murraysville.

7,376live here, work elsewhere

305live and work here

3,877work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murraysville goes to work

Wilmington6.2 mi away

46%3,532

Murraysville (in town)right here

4%305

Kings Grant2.1 mi away

3%248

Porters Neck4.1 mi away

3%219

Raleigh115.6 mi away

3%200

Charlotte181.1 mi away

3%195

Northchase2.3 mi away

2%127

Leland12.7 mi away

1%97

Durham130.9 mi away

1%73

Blue Clay Farms2.8 mi away

1%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,612

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

How far

How far Murraysville commutes

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

66%

22%

66%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murraysville is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Murraysville are

4,182 jobs are based in Murraysville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Murraysville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Murraysville

4,182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Murraysville residents hold

7,681 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+327%

Jobs based in Murraysville, 2013 → 2023: 979 → 4,182. 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.