Work & commute · Pembroke

Work & commute in Pembroke, NC

Most working residents leave Pembroke for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lumberton (19%), Fayetteville (5%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

84 of 658 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 574 Pembroke residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 2,287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pembroke.

574live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

2,287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pembroke goes to work

Lumberton10.4 mi away

19%122

Pembroke (in town)right here

13%84

Fayetteville30.6 mi away

5%32

Raleigh85.7 mi away

4%29

Charlotte99.8 mi away

4%27

Laurinburg17.2 mi away

3%17

Red Springs9 mi away

1%7

Maxton10 mi away

1%6

Burlington97.9 mi away

1%6

Durham91.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%322

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

How far

How far Pembroke commutes

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

31%

27%

11%

32%

31%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pembroke is a job hub

3.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pembroke are

2,371 jobs are based in Pembroke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pembroke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pembroke

2,371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Pembroke residents hold

658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+5%

Jobs based in Pembroke, 2013 → 2023: 2,252 → 2,371. 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.