Work & commute · Pine Level

Work & commute in Pine Level, NC

Most working residents leave Pine Level for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Smithfield (16%), Raleigh (15%) and Selma (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 820 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 784 Pine Level residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 470 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Level.

784live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

470work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Level goes to work

Smithfield5.3 mi away

16%134

Raleigh30.8 mi away

15%122

Pine Level (in town)right here

4%36

Selma2.7 mi away

4%30

Goldsboro18.6 mi away

3%26

Garner23.5 mi away

3%24

Wilson23.9 mi away

3%22

Cary36.8 mi away

3%22

Clayton14.6 mi away

2%18

Charlotte146.4 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%372

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

How far

How far Pine Level commutes

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

30%

22%

31%

18%

30%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Level is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Level are

506 jobs are based in Pine Level. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pine Level’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pine Level

506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Pine Level residents hold

820 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+62%

Jobs based in Pine Level, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 506. 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.