Work & commute · Newton Grove

Work & commute in Newton Grove, NC

Most working residents leave Newton Grove for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (7%), Goldsboro (6%) and Smithfield (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 290 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 271 Newton Grove residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 749 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newton Grove.

271live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

749work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newton Grove goes to work

Newton Grove (in town)right here

7%19

Raleigh43.3 mi away

7%19

Goldsboro23.2 mi away

6%16

Smithfield18.8 mi away

5%15

Clinton17.4 mi away

5%14

Wilmington76.7 mi away

3%9

Fayetteville36.9 mi away

3%9

Benson14.1 mi away

3%8

Greenville60 mi away

3%8

Charlotte139.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%167

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

How far

How far Newton Grove commutes

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

13%

35%

27%

26%

13%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newton Grove is a job hub

2.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newton Grove are

768 jobs are based in Newton Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newton Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newton Grove

768 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Newton Grove residents hold

290 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3%

Jobs based in Newton Grove, 2013 → 2023: 743 → 768. 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.