Work & commute · Piney Green

Work & commute in Piney Green, NC

Most working residents leave Piney Green for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (34%), Raleigh (4%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

130 of 4,356 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,226 Piney Green residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 1,170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piney Green.

4,226live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

1,170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piney Green goes to work

Jacksonville5.8 mi away

34%1,471

Raleigh105.5 mi away

4%174

Charlotte202.1 mi away

3%150

Wilmington50.9 mi away

3%150

Piney Green (in town)right here

3%130

New Bern26.1 mi away

2%93

Swansboro10.4 mi away

2%83

Durham122.9 mi away

2%73

Fayetteville97.2 mi away

2%66

Havelock24.8 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,911

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

How far

How far Piney Green commutes

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

45%

13%

33%

45%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piney Green is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Piney Green are

1,300 jobs are based in Piney Green. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piney Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Piney Green

1,300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Piney Green residents hold

4,356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+238%

Jobs based in Piney Green, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 1,300. 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.