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Work & commute · Plain View

Work & commute in Plain View, NC

Most working residents leave Plain View for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dunn (12%), Fayetteville (6%) and Raleigh (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
19 of 809 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
35 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 790 Plain View residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plain View.

790live here, work elsewhere
19live and work here
164work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Plain View goes to work

GarlandNewton GroveBensonDunnLillingtonClintonSmithfieldFuquay-VarinaRocky MountCharlotteWilmingtonFayettevilleRaleighBuies CreekVann CrossroadsPlain ViewDunnFayettevilleRaleighSmithfieldWilmingtonClintonLillingtonCharlotteBensonPlain View
1
Dunn5.5 mi away
12%96
2
Fayetteville25.9 mi away
6%52
3
Raleigh40.9 mi away
5%38
4
Smithfield22.6 mi away
4%30
5
Wilmington81.1 mi away
3%23
6
Clinton21.2 mi away
2%20
7
Plain View (in town)right here
2%19
8
Lillington18.4 mi away
2%18
9
Charlotte128.2 mi away
2%17
10
Benson10 mi away
2%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%480

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

How far

How far Plain View commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Plain View is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plain View are

183 jobs are based in Plain View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plain View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plain View

183 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)39%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Plain View residents hold

809 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month55%
−13%

Jobs based in Plain View, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 183. 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.

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